Google Antitrust Trial: DOJ Wants Chrome to be Sold to Another Company to Remedy Search Monopoly

The US Department of Justice is now moving on to the remedy phase in the ongoing Google antitrust saga, and it is now looking for ways to change the company's practices.

One of the solutions that has come up is to have Google divest Chrome by selling it to another company.

Despite this, there is still a slight hope for Google as it will try to defend itself in order to keep Chrome as part of the company.

Google Antitrust: DOJ Wants Chrome Gone, Sold

According to a report by Ars Technica, the DOJ vs. Google antitrust trial is now moving forward with its remedy phase after the recent loss of the tech giant where it was found guilty of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act.

One of the suggested remedies by the DOJ is to have Google divest Chrome and sell it to another company, meaning Google will no longer having control of its operations.

This is only one of the many suggestions by the DOJ in toppling the "Google monopoly," as it is also seeking to take away Android, the mobile device operating system that Google created, from the company.

Moreover, there are also other foundational changes that the Justice Department seeks against Google to close this antitrust chapter.

The goal of this particular search and advertisement antitrust case is to change Google's status as a monopoly as the company was found to hold exclusivity contracts with Apple and Mozilla to make Google their default search engine.

The Justice Department will reportedly attempt to break up Google from Chrome to "level the playing field."

DOJ vs. Google: Search Antitrust Case

It is no secret that Google has faced different antitrust cases, and the company recently lost its fight against Epic Games, which claimed that Google is monopolizing the Play Store on its payment methods and more. However, this also overlapped with the antitrust case that the DOJ had against Google regarding its search engine monopoly, as well as search advertising.

The DOJ vs. Google case's penultimate moment happened swiftly towards the end of 2024, and this led to finding Google guilty of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act that has since branded them a monopoly. One of the top suggestions by prosecutors is to have Google sell off Chrome and detach completely from the web browser operations, but there no final decisions on it yet as of press time.

Previously, the Justice Department's lawyer, Aaron Teitelbaum, said that Google is "three times a monopolist" in the closing arguments of the case in its liability phase, with the Mountain View-based internet giant failing to properly defend itself during the trial.

As the case moves forward, Google is now being met with limited choices to fend off the pending outcome of this antitrust lawsuit.