DOJ To Urge Google To Sell Chrome Browser

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is expected to urge a judge in selling Google’s widely used Chrome browser, Bloomberg News reported.

Via its Chrome browser, Google controls the internet ecosystem by deciding the advertisements people see on the search engine. Google Chrome accounts for over two thirds of the global search engine market.

Lee-Anne Mulholland, vice president, Google Regulatory said that the DOJ is putting forth a ‘radical agenda that goes far beyond the legal issues in this case.’

Notably, the decision would be one of the most aggressive attempts in the coming times by the Biden-led government to curb what it alleges are Big Tech monopolies.

Surprisingly, the upcoming Donald Trump-led government can shift the dynamics of the case to Google’s favour as Trump previously questioned the idea of breaking the company.

Notably, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta is set to give a final verdict by August 2025.

Prosecutors have requested several remedies, wherein they asked Google to end exclusive agreements with Apple Inc and several companies to keep Chrome as their default search engine on their phones and tablets. In 2022, Google's parent company, Alphabet, paid Apple $20 billion to be the default search engine in Safari.

Reiterating that it faces stiff competition from Amazon and other sites, Google maintains the fact that its search engine is gaining users with its quality of service. Users also have the option to use other search engines as well.