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 divestiture of Chrome was a horrible proposal for breaking Google's monopoly anyway. As someone elsewhere mentioned in the thread Chrome is a cost center.
Forcing Google to sell off its advertising arm would be better. A lot of decisions that hurt users and customers are driven by making Google's ads more pervasive and more profitable. It would also significantly punish them for their bad behaviour since advertising actually makes Google money.
Dan Gillmor
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