Yeah, they should be forced to split Chrome into a separate business and stay out of the browser business permanently. Anything short of that either won't help or will further strengthen their monopoly.

> split Chrome into a separate business

Bought by whom? Another monopolist bigcorp that surely won't care to monetize it?

I assume the antitrust crowd is appalled by the average level of monopoly discourse in the US. That is not how you reason about these complex issues.

Chrome isnt viable as a separate business. Its entire function is to be a loss leader / feeder for search.

Google should still be split, but along lines which are cohesive, financially viable and would level the playing field for competition, e.g.

- google workspaces / gmail / maps / search / chrome / youtube

- search index / cloud / datacenters

- youtube

- android