Welcome to the Tech meme right home for Thursday, November 21st, 2024. I'm Brian McCullough today. The DOJ has filed its remedy for Google, but what would it mean for end users if their recommendations actually come to pass?

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It's officially official. The DOJ has asked the federal judge to force Google to sell Chrome,

restrict Android from favoring Google's search engine, ban default search deals on iOS and other

devices, require Google to allow websites more ability to opt out of its AI products,

and provide more ad placement controls to advertisers and syndicate

its search results to rival search engines for at least a decade. Google says the DOJ's,

quote, wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the court's decision, end quote,

would hurt U.S. consumers and jeopardize U.S. global tech leadership.

Quoting the Associated Press,

although regulators stopped short of demanding Google sell Android 2,

they asserted the judge should make it clear the company could still be required

to divest its smartphone operating system if its oversight committee continues to see evidence of

misconduct. A sale of Chrome, quote, will permanently stop Google's control of this critical search access

point and allow rival search engines the ability to access the browser that for many users

is a gateway to the internet, Justice Department lawyers argued in their filing.

The Justice Department decision makers who will inherit the case after President-elect Donald Trump takes office next year might not be as strident.

The Washington, D.C. court hearings on Google's punishment are scheduled to begin in April, and Judge Mehta is aiming to issue his final decision before Labor Day.

If Meta embraces the government's recommendations, Google would be forced to sell its

16-year-old Chrome browser within six months of the final ruling. But the company certainly would

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