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The DOJ’s latest proposal still wants Google to cut Chrome loose


The DOJ is sticking to its guns, pushing Google to sell off Chrome.

A group of 38 state attorneys general and the DOJ have teamed up to file the updated proposal laying out the final steps to break Google’s illegal stranglehold on the search engine market. In its latest filing, the DOJ argues that forcing Google to sell Chrome would break its grip on a key search gateway, opening the door for real competition. It also kept an earlier proposal to stop Google from cutting deals with companies like Apple, phone manufacturers, and Mozilla to lock in its search engine as the default.

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