Just a few days ago, we learned of the ruling of a federal judge in the United States, which stated that Google is a monopoly in the Internet search engine sector. This is a major blow for the company and could completely change the current landscape. The case (which began at the end of 2020) has not yet concluded: The next step is to make a decision to break this monopoly..
Although we do not know at the moment what the consequences will be for the technology giant, everything points to the fact that There are several options on the tableOne of the possibilities being considered would force Google to dismantle the company.
A federal judge ruled that Google is a monopoly. Now the search is on for a way to break it
As reported by The New York Times, the US Department of Justice is considering several scenarios to break the company’s monopoly in the Internet search sector and end Google’s dominant position. One of the possibilities that has attracted the most attention is that of dividing the company.
If this decision is made, some of the products most likely to be affected by this split would be Google Chrome or Android, the company’s mobile operating system. This would mean that Google Chrome or Android would no longer be part of Alphabet, the parent company. This would be the most extreme alternative for the company.
Sources with information about the process say that Other options are being consideredOne of the possible scenarios would force the company to provide its data to rival companies. In this way, search engines such as Bing, DuckDuckGo or Yahoo! Search would have access to the data that Google works with.
Another of the possible options in play focuses on the prohibition of the agreements that Google reaches with companies like Apple: over the last few years, Google has paid billions of dollars to Apple because it is the default search engine on the company’s devices.
Definitely, This is a very complicated situation for the company.. This is not the only case of this kind that has occurred in the industry, however: Microsoft was also accused of monopolistic practices more than two decades ago. Although it was initially decided that Microsoft would have to split up its business, an agreement was eventually reached that imposed restrictions on the company without breaking it up.
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