DOJ to ask judge to force Google to sell off Chrome, Bloomberg News reports
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The U.S. Department of Justice will ask a judge to force Alphabet's Google to sell off its Chrome internet browser, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the plans.

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

  • julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I‘ve actually when something like this will happen. A few years ago German energy providers and distributors needed to split, because it gives you an unfair advantage if you own both. Whole companies were split in two. People working for years together would no longer work together. In the end consumer were much better off after the split. I feel the same way with internet browser. It is unfair if you own the infrastructure (Chrome, energy grid) and the services that run on it (YouTube, power plants).

  • normalexit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    This seems like a sensible consumer protection to not let the ad company control the biggest web browser. I won’t hold my breath, but I’m glad they are trying something.

    AWS should also be split from Amazon.

    • Zetta@mander.xyzEnglish
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      4 months ago

      AWS is amazing’s money maker, they might as well just sell Amazon and keep AWS lol

  • vortexal@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    4 months ago

    If this happens, I’d be interested in seeing how this effects ChromeOS. I don’t use it but my mom does.

    Also, if you’re confused as to why ChromeOS would be effected, while it’s based on Gentoo Linux, ChromeOS uses a modified version of Chrome as it’s Desktop Environment.