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Google was convicted a year ago of being a monopolist due to illegal deals that maintained its search engine supremacy, such as the Mozilla default search engine deal and the $20 billion per year deal with Apple. These deals were ruled to stifle competition, leading to an upcoming judgment to punish Google.
Contrary to expectations that Google would be forced to sell Chrome (which holds 69% of the browser market), the punishment was minimal. Google retains Chrome and Android, and its stock rose 10% on the news. The only restrictions are sharing opaque, anonymous search data with competitors and stopping exclusive deals with large platforms, along with not bundling all apps for Android manufacturers.
Apple can continue its search deal with Google by simply changing the wording to be non-exclusive, allowing other search engines to potentially bid for the default spot. Mozilla also gets to keep its Google funding. Judge Meta stated that the government overreached in seeking forced sales and that the emergence of generative AI diminished Google's search dominance, thus warranting a less severe punishment.
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