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Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts

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858 points colesantiago | 2 comments | 02 Sep 25 20:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.509s | source
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fidotron ◴[02 Sep 25 21:05 UTC] No.45109040[source]▶
This is an astonishing victory for Google, they must be very happy about it.

They get basically everything they want (keeping it all in the tent), plus a negotiating position on search deals where they can refuse something because they can't do it now.

Quite why the judge is so concerned about the rise of AI factoring in here is beyond me. It's fundamentally an anticompetitive decision.

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lysace ◴[02 Sep 25 21:39 UTC] No.45109424[source]▶
From an outsider POV (holding Alphabet stock!): The US legal system seems quite broken.
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1. xnx ◴[02 Sep 25 22:09 UTC] No.45109771[source]▶
> The US legal system seems quite broken.

Indeed, sometimes the courts don't just get it wrong, they get it backwards. Compare how Google was punished for allowing Android to sideload apps, while Apple wasn't punished for not letting any apps outside the App Store on iOS.

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2. MBCook ◴[02 Sep 25 22:34 UTC] No.45110003[source]▶
That’s very different, as discussed at the time.

Apple never allowed it, Google did then had secret deals to squash it.

It was the secret deals to squash competition they got in trouble for.