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US considers breaking up Google after illegal monopoly ruling, reports say (www.theguardian.com)
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A week after a judge ruled that Alphabet’s Google illegally monopolized the online search market, the US Department of Justice is considering options that include breaking up the tech giant, worth some $2tn, according to reports from the New York Times and Bloomberg News.

Divesting the Android operating system was one of the remedies most frequently discussed by justice department attorneys, the reports said.

Officials were also considering trying to force a possible sale of AdWords, Google’s search ad program, and a possible divestment of its Chrome web browser, according to the reports.

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[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I got into an argument with Lemmy nerds yesterday where some dweeb suggested that a brand new browser being developed from scratch (Ladybird) would help shake off Chrome's browser monopoly. I said the only way that can happen is if Google is broken up. Labour aristocrat techbros' "grassroots" campaign will be nothing more than a hobby project.

I don't think DoJ is gonna do anything meaningful to Google ever. Regardless I feel vindicated.

[–] 666@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Step 1: create alternative

Step 2: use chromium?? Or don't.

Step 3: get bought out by Google.

[–] BennyCHill@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ladybird devs are also anti woke weirdos who lost their shit when people wanted them to change masculine to gender neutral pronouns in the documentations, its from serenity which is a related project: https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/6814

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 months ago

Tbh I started shitting on the project because of this otherwise I would have just avoided the online discussion about it.