A week after a judge ruled that Alphabet’s Google illegally monopolized the online search market, the US Department of Justice is considering options that include breaking up the tech giant, worth some $2tn, according to reports from the New York Times and Bloomberg News.
Divesting the Android operating system was one of the remedies most frequently discussed by justice department attorneys, the reports said.
Officials were also considering trying to force a possible sale of AdWords, Google’s search ad program, and a possible divestment of its Chrome web browser, according to the reports.
Assuming this even goes through, we’re just gonna end up with an oligopoly like when AT&T was broken up.
Google’s ability to crush unionization comes from the fact that it is so big. If it is broken up, even with an oligopoly, workers have a better shot at unionizing than they do currently.