The federal judge let Google off the hook in the antitrust case that the company supposedly lost. He said no to any serious remedy. And he indirectly killed Mozilla (Firefox and Thunderbird).
A good day for Google, and a terrible day for what's left of the open web.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/09/google-wont-have-to-sell-chrome-judge-rules/
@dangillmor a few questions:
1) how does this kill mozilla (even if indirectly)? what does thunderbird have to do with google owning chrome?
2) what is the argument for google's ownership of chrome allow it to have a monopoly on search?
3) if google was forced to divest from chrome, who would take those shares?
4) what does all of this mean in relation to google's development efforts on chromium?
Right on! Chrome is a cost center, not a revenue source, afaik.
It's an open source browser ( Chromium ), called Chrome when bundled with Google's snoopware.
I'm asking, not stating here. Someone please explain.
Dan Gillmor
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Ashwin Dixit