Report: U.S. considering forcing a Google breakup
Could Google be broken up in the not-too-distant future? Could the U.S. government force a sale of Chrome, Android or Ads? The U.S. Justice Department is reportedly considering forcing parent company Alphabet to shed at least one of its units. Among the possibilities being explored following a judge’s ruling that Google violated antitrust laws, according to Bloomberg: Chrome, Google’s web browser. This one seems highly unlikely – web browsers aren’t exactly a lucrative business model. Android, Google’s operating system. Google Ads, the money-printing machine that generates billions of search and advertising dollars every quarter.…
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