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Justice Department considering push for historic break up of Google after landmark antitrust ruling: report (nypost.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Gsus4@mander.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If they forced them to split Waze off and make it independent again it probably could, it's probably the only non default app I see people use regularly

[–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Oh, did they actually keep Waze? I assumed they bought it to kill it.

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago

Still using it, so still going right now.

[–] ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 months ago

I think they might be using it as a beta testing ground for their back end features, the brand is also pretty valuable in and of itself. The traffic avoidance is much more aggressive than Google maps