Last Wednesday, the US government proposed the first steps in the partial breakup of Google, with a starting point of forcing the sale of Chrome [here]:
At the current time, Google Chrome holds over 80% of the browser market. The request also states that Google should not be allowed to have exclusive deals with major hardware providers such as Apple and Google and that Google Chrome should not be the default search engine. Along with this, there should be restrictions on Google using its search engine queries to train its own AI models.
Like it or not, a few US-based technology companies have an increasing stranglehold on our world. These include Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, and, of course, Google (aka Alphabet Inc). But this could be coming to an end. In the EU, for example, Apple has been forced to open up their Apps store, and there are hints that the EU may call for Google to be broken up [here]:
Now Google is facing pressure from the US Justice Department on the possibly that it could, in the near future, submit a filing…
