"As part of the decision Mehta ruled that Google can continue to make payments to "distribution partners for preloading or placement of Google Search, Chrome, or GenAI products." That allows for Google to continue to make its $20 billion per year payments to Apple in exchange for the iPhone maker using Google Search as the default search engine in its Safari browser and Siri."
""After two complete trials, this court cannot find that Google's market dominance is sufficiently attributable to its illegal conduct to justify divestiture," of Chrome the judge said, adding that such "radical structural relief" would require a more heightened causal connection. Judge Mehta also declined to grant the DOJ's request for a contingent divestment of Google's Android operating system, writing that the government "did not present any evidence to justify a contingent structural remedy.""
A federal district judge ruled that Google will not be forced to sell Chrome but must share data that helped preserve its search monopoly. The judge allowed Google to continue payments to distribution partners for preloading or placement of Google Search, Chrome, or GenAI products, enabling the company to maintain its roughly $20 billion-per-year payment to Apple for default search placement on iPhone. Google's stock rose over 8% after-hours and Apple's shares gained more than 3%. The Justice Department's requests for divestiture and the end of multi‑billion‑dollar contracts were denied. The judge declined a contingent Android divestiture, noting insufficient evidence and citing rising search competition from generative AI.
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