The US Department of Justice wants Google to sell Chrome browsers as part of a final treatment proposal in a breakthrough monopoly.
The proposal, which was submitted on Friday afternoon, said, “In accordance with the term that the court and the plaintiff are approved, the plaintiff’s approved buyer said,“ We must quickly and fully sell Chrome with the assets and services needed to successfully complete the sale. Google also needs to stop paying partner payments for the priority of the search engine.
DOJ also requires Google to provide a new joint venture, collaboration or partnership with a company that competes with Google in search or search text ads. But the company no longer needs to sell AI investment, which was part of the initial recommendation issued by the plaintiff in November. The company still needs to provide a preliminary notice for future AI investment.
“Google has robbed the basic promise of fundamental promises that owes consumers and businesses to the public through the size and untrained force. We have the right to choose from competitive services.” “Google’s illegal activities have created an economic Goliath. Economic Goliath confuses the market every time, so that Google doesn’t always win.”
DOJ officially brought an example of Google in 2020, the most important technical monopoly law since the battle with Microsoft in the 1990s. The lawsuit argued that Google used anti -competitive tactics to protect the search dominance that guarantees the basic search engine of a web browser and smartphone and protect the contract. According to the lawsuit, Google argued that the suspension of search can adjust the auction system that sells advertisements, raise the price of advertisers, and make more profits.
Google argued that it was overwhelmingly successful in the search, which accounts for nearly 90 %of the company’s US market. Consumers also say that the basic search engine can be easily changed and Google is facing Microsoft and competition with others.
Google spokesman Peter Schottenfels said, “DOJ’s wide proposals will go beyond the decision of the court and continue to harm the US consumer, economy and national security.
The incident was judged in 2023, and in August 2024, the Amit Mehta Columbia Special Judge ruled that Google maintained illegal monopoly in general search and general search text advertisements.
Many decisions that have signed contracts with device manufacturers and browser partners using Google as a default search technology are centered on many contracts. According to Mehta’s ruling, about 70 %of the US search queries occur through portals where Google is the default search engine. Google shares his profits with his partner and pays billions of dollars to release small -scale search rivals that can’t compete with the contract, MEHTA said.
