Google offers to loosen search agreements


FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen outside Google Bay View facilities in Mountain View, California, U.S. August 13, 2024. REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo/File Photo

NEW YORK: Alphabet’s Google proposed last Friday a loosening of its agreements with Apple and others to set Google as the default search engine on new devices, in a bid to address a US ruling that it unlawfully dominates online search.

The proposal is much narrower than the government’s push to make Google sell its Chrome browser, which Google called a drastic attempt to intervene in the search market.

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