DOJ wants Google to sell Chrome and possibly Android, more
DOJ wants Google to sell Chrome and possibly Android, more
The Department of Justice on Wednesday shared what steps it wants a US judge to take after Google was found...
The government is not asking for Google to sell Android right away, but it wants that option if other measures it imposes don’t work to restore competition. In general:
For the avoidance of doubt, Google must not provide itself with preferential access to Android or Google-owned apps or data as compared to the access it provides to all other GSEs and AI Products…
Google cannot:
- “make any Google GSE [general search engine], Search Text Ads, or AI Product (including on-device AI) mandatory on Android Devices”
- “reduce, prevent, or otherwise interfere with the distribution of rival GSE, Search Text Ads, or AI Products on Android Devices”
That's their position for the next 2 months... after that they'll be able to just cash out a check to some politicians and it'll be forgotten.
Sadly, you are probably right.
Why does "it want" and why would "it ask"? They're the government. Order them to sell Chrome. Arrest them if they don't.
I'd love to see Android divested and bought by a non-profit body, but expecting the US to do anything right is several universes too far. America was a mistake...