DOJ asks for judgement requiring Google to divest Chrome [pdf]

Re:DOJ asks for judgement requiring Google to divest Chrome ... by Ferret7446 on Friday March 07, 2025 @08:24PM (#43296641)

And how will selling Chrome and then Google forking Chromium and Google employees continuing to submit patches and/or developing the fork fix anything?

Is the DOJ going to forbid Chromium from accepting Google employee patches and forbid Google from using or forking Chromium? What if someone else forks Chromium, will Google also be forbidden from contributing to or using that fork? Is the DOJ going to forbid Google from using any web browsers?

P.S. the Chromium organization is controlled by Google, which is separate from the Chrome brand/product. Is the DOJ also going to force Google to "sell" or divest that?

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Re:DOJ asks for judgement requiring Google to divest Chrome ... by cosmic_cheese on Friday March 07, 2025 @08:39PM (#43296723)

I don’t have the legal chops to know, but as part of the judgment couldn’t Google be forbidden from developing a browser or influencing the development of other organizations’ browsers so long as it holds products/services that constitute a conflict of interest?

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Re:DOJ asks for judgement requiring Google to divest Chrome ... by kistaro on Saturday March 08, 2025 @05:16PM (#43304056)

That is the DOJ’s proposal, yes.

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