A federal judge ruled that Google had a monopoly on the search market. Google & the government are in court to debate penalties. One possible result: forcing Google to spin off Chrome.

InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net · 4 days ago

A federal judge ruled that Google had a monopoly on the search market. Google & the government are in court to debate penalties. One possible result: forcing Google to spin off Chrome.

wuphysics87@lemmy.ml · 4 days ago

What does “divesting chrome” mean in practice? You have chromium, which is open source, and the google “hat” it wears to make chrome. So google’s gotta give the hat to someone else?

came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net · 4 days ago

it means the head of development for chrome will have to fill out new direct deposit forms to continue receiving their NSA consultantcy pay.

hexinvictus [he/him]@hexbear.net · 4 days ago

It means that Microsoft was better at “lobbying”