Search Monopoly: Google Challenges DOJ Remedies

At the end of the two-week trial and after several testimonies, Google wrote a new post on its official blog to reiterate what it had said from the beginning . According to the Mountain View company, the remedies proposed by the Department of Justice to restore competition in the search engine market will harm consumers and the technological leadership of the United States.

Less choice and worse experience

Google says DOJ ignores current competition . Today, online searches are also performed with AI services, such as ChatGPT, Grok, DeepSeek, Perplexity and Meta AI. Furthermore, “promotional agreements” (Search as the default search engine) have not hindered Apple’s agreements with OpenAI or Motorola ’s with Perplexity and Microsoft.

The DOJ proposals will worsen the user experience and limit choice . Eddy Cue said Apple chose Google Search because it is the best search engine ( the Cupertino company receives billions of dollars a year, ed. ). Without Google's funding, Mozilla could stop developing Firefox and go out of business.

The Mountain View company also stressed that sharing data with competitors would increase privacy and security risks , two things that only Google can guarantee. CEO Sundar Pichai said that the remedies proposed by the DOJ are equivalent to a spin-off , so the company would have no reason to continue investing in the search engine.

If sold, Chrome would become less secure, as many features (such as Safe Browsing) depend on Google's infrastructure. Ultimately, the Californian company points out that the remedies proposed by the DOJ would only benefit competitors, not consumers.