In response to DOJ’s demand to sell Chrome, Google published a blog post stating that doing so would hurt consumers and America’s tech leadership.
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is demanding that Google sell Chrome, the most popular browser in the world, claiming the move would end the company’s anti-competitive practices. DOJ’s court filing consists of multiple steps that could potentially break Google’s reign over the search, browser, and smartphone markets.
Google has published a blog post in response to the demand, stating that the DOJ’s « staggering proposal » to break away Chrome from Google would not benefit consumers. Quite the opposite—the company believes doing so would hurt users and even « America’s tech leadership: »
DOJ had a chance to propose remedies related to the issue in this case: search distribution agreements with Apple, Mozilla, smartphone OEMs, and wireless carriers.
