Summary
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) plans to ask a judge to force Google to sell its Chrome browser, aiming to break up its dominance in the search market and address antitrust violations.
The DoJ also seeks structural remedies for Google’s role in artificial intelligence and the Android ecosystem, along with data licensing requirements.
Google, controlling 90% of the global search market, has called the actions an overreach that would harm consumers.
This follows an earlier court ruling finding Google guilty of maintaining an illegal monopoly. Proposed remedies are due by December 20.
Many mobile apps are just stripped-down web browsers hard coded to only access one website. Most of those type of app are built on Chromium.
It’s embedded in every smart TV and most other IoT devices that require some kind of web interface.