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The article mentions "Trump's DOJ" but in actuality the DOJ has been building a case against Google since at least 2021 [0].

[0] https://www.justice.gov/atr/case/us-and-plaintiff-states-v-g...



If anything, a DOJ under any Republican president is more likely to lean into the criterion of consumer welfare to determine antitrust priorities. You can bet Google's strategy is tuned for making the most of this theory of antitrust. There's almost nothing you can do to Google that won't make consumers have to pay more for a less convenient solution, due to messy technical issues.




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