The news comes from the fact that now the US government continues actions in antitrust and is considering the possibility of a complete Google split, which will also affect the modern technological spectrum significantly. According to the DoJ, it may use “structural requirements” to limit Google’s market monopoly in internet search services.
After a highly significant trial in August where the DoJ concluded that Google has maintained its search dominance through anticompetitive means, the regulator is now deliberating on remedies targeted at preventing Google from propping up its search by favoring its other products, including Chrome, Play, and Android.
Google biting the DoJ’s announcement was to alert that the envisioned measures are likely to cause adverse side effects for the economy and customers in America. The recommendations can be described as “government overreach,” according to Google’s vice president of regulatory affairs, Lee-Anne Mulholland.
A broader reform proposal is still expected to be submitted by the DoJ by November 20, and Google will be allowed to submit its own set of proposals by December 20. This legal process persists after a 10-week trial whereby Google was accused of bribing manufacturers such as Apple and Samsung so that their search engine would be the default one. The legal section of Google states that customers use its search engine just because it is useful and Google invests in its development.
This is rather a part of the widespread campaign launched by the US authorities aimed at opening the Android App Store to competition within the tech market; other similar cases have been filed against such giants as Meta (Facebook), Amazon, and Apple for anti-competitive practices.
