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Google files remedies proposal in DOJ's antitrust case
- Google has proposed some remedies ahead of the antitrust trial coming up in April 2025.
- Google was found to have breached antitrust laws by a federal judge and accused of building and maintaining an illegal monopoly in the search engine industry, after which DoJ planned a proposition to break up Google.
- Google proposed remedies to the court before the appeal begins to protect itself from selling Chrome and separating Android from the company, which it believes could harm the security and privacy of users.
- Google’s first proposal suggests that browser companies like Apple and Mozilla continue to have freedom to do business with whatever search engine suits their users best.
- Google’s second proposal suggests that browsers should be allowed to partner with Google Search and earn revenue from the deal, while also allowing multiple agreements across various platforms and changing the default search provider once in 12 months.
- Google’s proposal about preloading multiple search options might work, if a prompt on the screen asks the user to choose the search engine they wish to use instead of pre-selecting a specific one.
- Google also proposed OEMs can preload multiple search engines and any Google app independently of preloading Search or Chrome.
- Google acknowledges its partnership with Mozilla, which generates vital revenue for Mozilla, but no sympathy card is going to bend the antitrust law if it benefits a single company no matter how vital.
- All things considered, these proposals made by Google may not be taken seriously by the court and barely change anything.
- Mozilla may have to find another sponsor if it is unable to maintain its contract with Google that generates vital revenue for the company.
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