The Department of Justice late Tuesday indicated that it was considering a possible breakup of Google as an antitrust remedy.

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  • The Department of Justice late Tuesday indicated that it was considering a possible breakup of Google as an antitrust remedy.
  • The DOJ said it was “considering behavioral and structural remedies that would prevent Google from using products such as Chrome, Play, and Android to advantage Google search.”
  • The judge has yet to decide on the remedies, and Google will likely appeal, drawing out the process potentially for years.
  • ripcord@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    Correct. They’d just sell ads the same way other services sell 3rd party ads through Google (or rarely, other services. Doubleclick was a big one before, you know, Google bought them)