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By then, browsers or search engines as we know them today might already be obsolete,
he said
Undoing Google's overlapping and widespread illegal conduct over more than a decade requires more than contract restrictions: it requires a range of remedies to create enduring competition,
Kamyl Bazbaz, DuckDuckGo's senior vice president of public affairs, said in a statement
Google’s unlawful behavior has deprived rivals not only of critical distribution channels but also distribution partners who could otherwise enable entry into these markets by competitors in new and innovative ways,
prosecutors said
The court reaches the following conclusion: Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,
Mehta wrote in his 277-page rulingIt is probably going a little beyond,
Syracuse University law professor Shubha Ghosh said of the Chrome breakup
What you can do without breaking it up is make sure it’s more fair,
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The only way [a spun-off Chrome] could make money is through an integrated search deal,
said tech commentator John Gruber on a recent podcast
Chrome has served Google exceptionally well, but its loss would be a manageable inconvenience,
said ParryPeople forget that Google's success was not a result of only having a better product,
Ramaswamy once told The VergeChrome is adopting web innovations really fast,
he said, giving Chrome's security features as an example of how Google has innovatedThe worst case scenario is deterioration of security and privacy of billions of users, and the rise of cybercrime on unimaginable levels,
he warnedUnder such a classification, Chrome's agreements and decisions would be subject to heightened scrutiny, particularly to safeguard consumer welfare and prevent exclusionary practices,
they wroteThe precedent set by Mozilla's financial dependence on Google highlights potential challenges for Chrome in maintaining its operations without similar support,
the researchers said, nodding to the fact Google pays Firefox a lot of money to be its default search engine, despite Firefox's dwindling user numbersTo remedy these harms, the [Initial Proposed Final Judgment] requires Google to divest Chrome, which 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,
the 23-page filing reads
The proposed remedies are designed to end Google's unlawful practices and open up the market for rivals and new entrants to emerge,
the filing readsUltimately, in this case, it's going to be one of those things where Google ends up fighting — and fighting very vociferously, fighting very strenuously — to ultimately keep Chrome within its company,
Chafee, the Case Western law professor, saidGoogle could receive proceeds in the range of $15 billion to $20 billion,
Peter Cohan, an associate professor of management practice at Babson College, told BIThe playing field is not level because of Google’s conduct, and Google’s quality reflects the ill-gotten gains of an advantage illegally acquired,
the US government said in the filing
The DOJ continues to push a radical agenda that goes far beyond the legal issues in this case,
Lee-Anne Mulholland, vice president for regulatory affairs at Google, said in a statement this week after details of the government’s discussions were reported publicly
That’s going to be an uphill climb for the government,
said Doug Melamed, a visiting fellow at Stanford Law School who worked in the Justice Department’s antitrust division during the Microsoft case