TheHill reported today that Google is being sued by Canada which deals another blow to Googles control of advertisements – https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5014562-canada-google-antitrust-lawsuit/
This comes a day after the Department of Justice plans of letting Google sell their flagship browser Chrome, along with other demands – https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/27/24302415/doj-google-search-antitrust-remedies-chrome-android
Google’s monopoly on everything from search indexing to app store is finally catching up to them as their illegal monopoly over the years will be a win for every single person on the planet. No wonder why they are trying hard recently to secure their “control” over the app store – https://www.reuters.com/legal/google-asks-us-appeals-court-reject-app-store-monopoly-verdict-2024-11-27/
There is numerous other search indexing sites such as Presearch, Startpage and even self hosting alternatives as Whoogle or SearX that are great alternatives instead of using Google.
Googles parent company “Alphabet” spends millions of government lobbying. Even more lately with the trove of legal troubles. In 2025 it is projected to be even more if they have a slight chance of winning not one case, but multiple cases against them from different countries.
Will Google go away? The answer is simply no. They are a Government contractor for the DOD on many elements of business, technology and communications. We might see a re-branding but we will never see the tech giant ever become bankrupt or broken apart – https://fedscoop.com/google-gets-authorization-to-work-with-top-secret-intelligence-defense-data/
