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DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly (www.theverge.com)

submitted 9 hours ago by moonleay to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Google is the default search engine for chrome, and chrome is the single most popular browser at about 95% market share.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 1 points 44 minutes ago

Um, that wouldn't change if Google "sells Chrome", though.

Firefox uses Google Search as a default, so does every Samsung phone (and most other Android devices).

Unless the DOJ is telling everyone not to implement a default search engine (and let the user decide upon first opening the browser), then who owns Chrome really doesn't change much.

Other remedies the government is asking the court to impose include prohibiting Google from offering money or anything of value to third parties — including Apple and other phone-makers — to make Google’s search engine the default,

This is the only thing that makes sense, but "sell Chrome" is a laughable request.