The Justice Department's list of remedies to correct Google's illegal antitrust behavior and restore competition in the search engine market began by forcing the company to sell Chrome, and on Friday night Google responded with a own list (included below).
Instead of separating Chrome, Android or Google Play as considered in the Department of Justice presentation, the solutions proposed by Google point to the payments it makes to companies like Apple and Mozilla for the exclusive and priority placement of their services, their license with companies that make Android phones and contracts with wireless service providers. They do not address a suggestion from the Justice Department that Google could be forced to share its valuable search data with other companies to help their products catch up.
According to Google lawyersThe ruling noted agreements with Apple and Mozilla for their browsers, companies that make Android phones and wireless service providers. Lee-Anne Mulholland, vice president of regulatory at Google write on the company blog“This was a decision about our search distribution contracts, so our proposed solutions are aimed at that.
For three years, his proposal would prevent Google from signing agreements that link licenses for Chrome, Search and its Android app store, Google Play, with the placement or pre-installation of its other applications, including Chrome, Google Assistant or the Gemini ai assistant.
It would also allow Google to pay for default search location in browsers, but would allow multiple offers on different platforms or browsing modes and would require the ability to review offers at least once a year.
While the company still plans to appeal Judge Amit Mehta's ruling that “Google is a monopolist and has acted as such to maintain its monopoly,” it first says it will submit a revised proposal on March 7, ahead of two court cases. a week on the topic in April.
