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As many of you know, Google is in the middle of a remedies trial, following its defeat in the search dominance case last year. We’re following along with what’s happening at the trial, and the latest info is quite interesting. Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, took the stand and basically said that DOJ’s antitrust remedies would mean the destruction of Google Search.
Is the destruction of Google Search coming? Google CEO criticizes the DOJ’s plan
It’s not exactly a secret that the Department of Justice (DOJ) wants Google to divest Chrome. It seems that as one of the crucial steps to breaking Google’s search monopoly. That move has been talked about far and wide, and a number of parties showed interest in Chrome. That includes OpenAI, Perplexity, Yahoo, and more.
In addition to that, the DOJ also wants Google not to make search engine agreements like the one it has with Apple, and to share “critical portions” of its search data with competitors at a “marginal cost”. That includes how it ranks search results and query understanding information.
Sundar Pichai said that such remedies would basically be the end of Google Search. Pichai said, according to The New York Times, that if Google had to share data, it would likely stop investing in search.
These remedies would prevent Google from innovating Google Search, says CEO
He said: “The combination of all the remedies, I think, makes it unviable to invest in R&D the way we have for the past three decades, to continue to innovate and build Google search.”
Pichai added that the data sharing requirement would be a “de facto divestiture” of Google’s intellectual property. That would allow other companies to “completely reverse engineer, end-to-end, every aspect of [Google’s] technology stack.” He also referred to that demand by the DOJ as “extraordinary” and “far-reaching”.
Google’s CEO also indicated that the company wants to be able to make deals like the one with Apple. He did say Google will keep them non-exclusive, and they can be renegotiated on an annual basis. He noted its upcoming deals with Apple and OpenAI as examples. As a reminder, Google wants to add Gemini to the iPhone, to Apple Intelligence, basically.
Prior to the trial, Google said that it would appeal, which was known after the initial trial ended. The appeal is coming after Judge Amit Mehta makes a decision, which is expected by August. If we count in Google’s appeal, this case could go on for quite some time before everything is finalized.
This article first appeared on Android Headlines
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