The Department of Justice is planning to ask for Google’s antitrust trial judge to force the company to sell off its Chrome browser after the judge ruled the company has maintained an illegal search monopoly, reports Bloomberg.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Cje95 19 Nov
Google is so screwed lol signing all those exclusive contracts got them in the end and now the data monopoly is in trouble
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ch0k1 OP 19 Nov
Let's pray the Monopoly end soon 🔥
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 19 Nov
Perhaps a good thing to do, since they are bound to the state censorship apparatus.
This may make things a bit more open.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @BeeAye 19 Nov
what does this mean for the android OS and funding? 🤔
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @ch0k1 OP 19 Nov
Well, who knows? But we needed those Monopoly practices to end one way or another...
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @BeeAye 19 Nov
if androids funding stagnates, then the only open source OS for mobile could stagnate. i hope this government cure does not cause an even larger monopoly to become stronger ( although these anti trust moves almost always do set the ground for just that to happen) .
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ch0k1 OP 19 Nov
After recent attacks on open source software some of which came from key members like Linus Torvalds expelling long loyal contributors from his own project based on their national affiliation, I'm not sure whether there's such thing as FOSS and its integrity.
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