US court's order on Google search data sharing can reduce entry barriers

However, the company may continue to have non-exclusive arrangements to preload or distribute applications. But it could pay Apple, Samsung, etc to preload its Chrome browser and search engine

Judging by the market reaction, Google emerged from a five-year antitrust case less damaged than was expected. The stock jumped 8 per cent on the remedies announced by US District Court Judge Amit P Mehta, who had already ruled Google was perpetrating monopolistic behaviour. Google will not be forced to divest Chrome or Android, as proposed by the Department of Justice (DoJ). But it will have to share some of the data it receives from its search engine with competitors, and it cannot make exclusive deals that tie the distribution of search, Chrome, Google Assistant, or Gemini to