After a judge declared in August that Google had unlawfully monopolized online search, the IT community is closely watching what happens to the company.
A potentially cataclysmic decision for the web search industry and landscape, it might have equally seismic repercussions for Google.
In order to lessen its dominance in the search industry, the US government requested the judge in November to consider ordering Google to split up, possibly by selling its Chrome browser.
However, it took four years to get this point, and Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has plans to appeal, so this legal procedure will probably take some more time.
Here are some potential implications of the verdict and Google’s purported “remedies” for the time being.
