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>This is essentially just forcing Google to fire the Chrome developers.

To be fair, Google could reassign them to something else. Firing everybody will be Google's decision that wasn't forced on them.



I don't really know if they would be allowed to divest the IP but retain the developers. Maybe!


Of course they could. They could just cancel Chrome, shut the whole browser down and reassign all the staff, and the DOJ would be fine with that. Cancelling it, or selling while keeping 100% of the employees are in no way counter to the proposed remedies.


We don’t know what proposals the court will accept.


We know what outcomes the DOJ is proposing and might proopose, so we can make pretty good guesses.




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