If Alphabet Sells Chrome, Its Value Could Reach $20 Billion

Foreks - If the U.S. Department of Justice accepts the proposal for Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) to sell its Chrome browser, it has been reported that the value of the Chrome browser could be $20 billion.
According to individuals familiar with the plans, the DOJ will request a judge who ruled in August that Google unlawfully monopolized the search market to take measures regarding artificial intelligence and the Android smartphone operating system.
Sources who wished to remain anonymous indicated that antitrust officials plan to propose data licensing requirements to federal judge Amit Mehta today in conjunction with the states involved in the case. If Mehta accepts the proposals, they could reshape the online search market and the emerging artificial intelligence industry.
The case was originally filed during the first Trump administration and has continued into President Joe Biden’s term. This marks the most aggressive effort to rein in a technology company since Washington's unsuccessful attempt to break up Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Corp. twenty years ago.