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

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858 points colesantiago | 1 comments | 02 Sep 25 20:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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crazygringo ◴[02 Sep 25 22:33 UTC] No.45109997[source]▶
Oh course it is, but is there another country that is any better at antitrust? I haven't seen it. And remembering that antitrust which goes too far is just as harmful as antitrust that is too weak.
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1. makeitdouble ◴[02 Sep 25 22:51 UTC] No.45110148[source]▶
Any country trying to break Google will be fighting the US gov. It doesn't matter if other nations are better or worse in comparison, only the US has the power to rule over Google.

At best the EU could push penalties on Google, but nothing more.