{"id":16701,"date":"2024-11-26T12:38:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T11:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/26\/why-the-us-wants-to-force-google-to-sell-chrome\/"},"modified":"2024-11-26T12:38:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T11:38:58","slug":"why-the-us-wants-to-force-google-to-sell-chrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/26\/why-the-us-wants-to-force-google-to-sell-chrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the US wants to force Google to sell Chrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Justice suggested it should \u2018divest Chrome\u2019 and divest or submit to oversight of Android \u2013 seismic challenges for the tech giant<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/2022\/sep\/20\/sign-up-for-the-techscape-newsletter-our-free-technology-email\">Don\u2019t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Google is in trouble. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/nov\/21\/google-sell-chrome-us-court-filing-demand-competition-laws\">my colleague Dan Milmo reported<\/a>, the US Department of Justice \u201chas proposed a far-reaching overhaul of Google\u2019s structure and business practices, including the sale of its Chrome browser, in a bid to end its monopoly on internet search\u201d. The move follows a major court ruling last August in which a federal judge determined that Google had violated antitrust laws and held an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/article\/2024\/aug\/05\/google-loses-antitrust-lawsuit\">illegal monopoly over search services<\/a>. The justice department\u2019s suggestion is blunt: \u201cGoogle must divest Chrome.\u201d As for Android, the DoJ proposes two potential remedies: divest or submit to government oversight.<\/p>\n<p>Both demands present seismic challenges to Google\u2019s multiform, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/oct\/29\/alphabet-google-earnings-report\">money-printing<\/a> advertising business and would be a worst-case scenario for the company.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/article\/2024\/jul\/08\/the-best-apple-iphones-in-2024-tested-reviewed-and-ranked\">The best iPhones in 2024: Apple smartphones tested, reviewed and ranked<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/nov\/21\/apple-watch-series-10-review-thinner-lighter-and-basically-the-same\">Apple Watch Series 10: thinner, lighter and basically the same | \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/nov\/25\/us-google-sell-chrome\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/abff32dcdd71de2067f629522ed56b75adab7388\/0_174_5200_3123\/master\/5200.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=5822614359aabc55de71281bd977568e\" title=\"Why the US wants to force Google to sell Chrome\" \/>The Department of Justice suggested it should \u2018divest Chrome\u2019 and divest or submit to oversight of Android \u2013 seismic challenges for the tech giant<br \/>\n\u2022 Don\u2019t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<br \/>\nGoogle is in trouble. As my colleague Dan Milmo reported, the US Department of Justice \u201chas proposed a far-reaching overhaul of Google\u2019s structure and business practices, including the sale of its Chrome browser, in a bid to end its monopoly on internet search\u201d. The move follows a major court ruling last August in which a federal judge determined that Google had violated antitrust laws and held an illegal monopoly over search services. The justice department\u2019s suggestion is blunt: \u201cGoogle must divest Chrome.\u201d As for Android, the DoJ proposes two potential remedies: divest or submit to government oversight.<br \/>\nBoth demands present seismic challenges to Google\u2019s multiform, money-printing advertising business and would be a worst-case scenario for the company.<br \/>\nThe best iPhones in 2024: Apple smartphones tested, reviewed and ranked<br \/>\nApple Watch Series 10: thinner, lighter and basically the same | \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Justice suggested it should \u2018divest Chrome\u2019 and divest or submit to oversight of Android \u2013 seismic challenges for the tech giant \u2022 Don\u2019t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Google is in trouble. As my colleague Dan Milmo reported, the US Department of Justice \u201chas proposed a far-reaching overhaul &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/26\/why-the-us-wants-to-force-google-to-sell-chrome\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why the US wants to force Google to sell Chrome<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16701"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}