The U.S. Department of Justice recently determined that its search service involves market monopoly and requestedSpin off the Chrome browser businessIn this case, Google earlier filed a lawsuit in courtPropose your own repair plan.
The fix proposed by Google includes allowing Apple's Safari and Mozilla's Firefox to use search engines provided by other companies as default options on different platforms. It also agrees to allow OEM manufacturers to decide whether to pre-install Google application services including the Google Play Store, and allow OEM manufacturers to choose to pre-install software markets not provided by Google, or application services such as maps.
In addition, Google emphasized that this adjustment is in compliance with the court order and called for the establishment of a more sound regulatory mechanism rather than giving the government more extensive control over user experience.
In further explanation, Google said it responded to the court's ruling by making adjustments, and emphasized that it believes that partners or other competitors will not take actions that affect consumers' personal privacy or affect the leading position of US technology products. However, it also believes that the adjustments made in response to the court's requirements will incur greater costs for more partners and will also stifle the development of innovative technologies that benefit consumers.
As for the court, it is expected to review Google's proposed fix and make a final ruling in the summer of 2025.
