The U.S. Department of Justice will ask a judge to force Alphabet Inc.'s Google to sell off its Chrome browser, Bloomberg reported on Monday.

Note: Original report by Bloomberg, article by Reuters proxied by Neuters to bypass paywall.

  • Arkouda@lemmy.caEnglish
    591·
    16 hours ago

    Chrome is now owned by a company, owned by a company, owned by another company, that is owned by Google.

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      541·
      14 hours ago

      And even in the case where there is actual separation, and competition, it will only be temporary!

      see history of telco consolidation after a monopoly breakup in 1984

      • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        If they split Google, MS, Apple, Meta and Amazon all simultaneously, with some condition for the splinters to not merge back, and that contaminating the results of their allowed mergers, there may be good outcomes.

        Or there may not. It’s about people, not laws, after all.