Deep Dive: The Dual Threat Challenging Google's Business
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Apr 26, 2025
Google is facing significant legal battles that could alter its business landscape, with potential breakup looming. As the Justice Department scrutinizes its search and ad practices, the threat of generative AI tools like ChatGPT poses a new challenge, enticing users away from traditional search methods. The implications of these dual threats could reshape Google's future faster than any legal remedy.
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Google's Anti-Competitive Search Practices
The DOJ accuses Google of anti-competitive practices by paying billions to be the default search engine on major devices and browsers.
A federal judge agreed, marking significant legal setbacks for Google's monopoly practices.
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Breakup Proposals for Google
The DOJ considers forcing Google to sell Chrome or spin off Android to reduce search dominance.
These steps aim to prevent Google from funneling users to its own search engine via browser and operating system control.
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Likelihood of Google Breakup
Historical antitrust cases like Microsoft's show full breakups of tech giants are unlikely.
Google will likely face long appeals and behavioral remedies rather than an outright breakup.
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Google is reeling from back-to-back courtroom defeats—one targeting its search-engine defaults, another striking at its ad-tech stack—while the Justice Department weighs unprecedented remedies that could compel the company to shed Chrome or even Android. Yet antitrust pressure is only half the story: OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other generative-AI tools are coaxing users away from the familiar “ten blue links,” challenging the very business model that funds Google’s empire. This weekend’s Deep Dive dissects the litigation, sizes up the realistic odds of a breakup, and explores whether AI disruption might erode Google’s dominance faster than any regulatory decree.
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