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    Berichten zufolge drängt das Justizministerium Google zur Abspaltung von Chrome

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    2. MessagingMatters on

      Something tells me the company would file a challenge in court, wait two months, and hope for a different result.

    4. prophetmuhammad on

      google integration is the main reason a lot of people who insist on using chrome use it. it’s one of its main selling points. i think it’s a terrible idea to force it to spin off.

    5. LinuxSpinach on

      But they spent years consolidating every browser in existence (except Firefox)

    6. NecroJoe on

      Are they not pushing Microsoft to do the same thing with Bing or Edge? Or do they have to wait until they are big enough to say “Ah-HA!” and the sue them for millions/billions?

    8. zoziw on

      How would anyone make money off of Chrome? People won’t pay for it and it would be divorced from Google’s ad revenue.

      Of course, Microsoft is waiting in the wings with Edge which would be free, have a chromium engine and be backed by a large corporation.

    9. ICantBeliveUDoneThis on

      It’s not because chrome itself is a monopoly people let’s use our brains. It’s the combination of chrome + search + every other Google service they can use to force people into using their products. DOJ is throwing them a bone here by going after chrome and not something bigger like search. Google’s monopolies are more blatantly obvious compared to other big tech because they absolutely dominate the market share for things like search and YouTube.

      It is highly likely Google (and other tech later) will be forced to get rid of something because bipartisan support is growing. Big tech has enjoyed very little regulation over the past couple decades, but this is by no means unheard of and actually pretty insignificant compared to breakups of things like Bell and Standard Oil. It’s really not that big of a deal and should probably happen.

    10. Grapefruit2926 on

      I wonder if Google would still continue to develop chromium and make another browser with this if this is passed.

    11. moustacheption on

      This is very interesting but it would be really cool if the justice department went after every board member and CEO of fossil fuel companies that knew about their role in climate change, and actively misinformed the public about it.

      Or prosecute drug companies that were responsible for countless deaths during the opioid epidemic.

      But yeah, get google to spin off chrome. America 👍

    12. crizzy_mcawesome on

      They’ll just make it into an alphabet subsidiary and call it a day

    13. GreyBeardEng on

      How soon will Apple be spinning off Safari, and Microsoft spinning off Edge?

    14. DefinitelyIncorrect on

      I like how the justice department helps antitrust criminals across the street as if they were old women.

    15. epalla on

      Killing ad blockers is a great example of the conflict of interest here.

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