Trump's return puts Google's tech empire in danger - here's what might happen next
Google faces pressure to give up Chrome browser and Android after recent court ruling. Former president **Donald Trump** hints at major changes coming to the tech giantʼs business model
Last week many users left X (formerly Twitter) for BlueSky causing huge problems with site moderation and user-reporting; its just like old times on social-media
The anti-monopoly case against Google - started during Donald Trumps first term - now shows real results. A court found Google guilty of search-engine monopoly abuse and US govt wants big changes: Chrome browser and Android platform might need new owners (these products have more than 3-billion users each)
- Stop paying Apple huge yearly fees
- End cross-platform data collection
- Give up Chrome browser control
- Separate Android mobile system
Googles president Kent Walker says this will hurt their products but economists point to a bigger issue: the free-stuff model killed independent content makers and limited real free speech. The companys search engine - which handles 90% of world searches - decides what internet users can find online
A former Google worker wrote in 2017 that the company made a “politically-correct monoculture“ where people dont speak up against bad policies. Now with Trump possibly returning to office things look different - his future vice-president JD Vance supports breaking up Google
I have a feeling that Googles going to be close to shut down because I dont think Congress is going to take it
The tech giants position seems weak: their old friends in DC arent helping anymore and the free-internet dream from 90s web boom turned into platform-only profits
