US “remedies” to curb Google’s online search monopoly

The US ruled the “remedies” to be applied to Google in the case where the company was found guilty of monopolistic practices in the search market:

  • Prohibition from entering or maintaining exclusive contracts relating to the distribution of Google Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, and the Gemini app
  • Requirement to make certain search index and user-interaction data available to rivals and potential rivals.
  • Requirement to offer search and search text ads syndication services to enable rivals and potential rivals to compete.

And that’s it.

It wasn’t much and everyone complained. Well, almost everyone: Apple and Mozilla — which receive huge payments from Google to keep its search engine as the default in iOS/Safari and Firefox, respectively — are relieved.

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