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Google files proposal to counter DOJ plan to sell Chrome

This is where we are now as the other side delivers its suggestions.

This all started after a landmark ruling claimed Google was an illegal search monopoly in July, thus provoking the DOJ's hand in forcing the selling of Chrome, Android, and more. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is looking into Google's alleged anticompetitive practices with Chrome, but a recent filing expresses the company's disagreement with the government's proposal, per Bloomberg. Google's vice president for regulatory affairs, Lee-Anne Mulholland stated that any sort of "remedy" to the situation should involve letting other browsers have the freedom to "do deals with whatever search engine they think is best for their users."

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