Google is proposing some remedies to its search monopoly after the DOJ demanded major changes

Google has filed a letter explaining how it will fix antitrust violations accused by the Department of Justice, after the restrictions and restrictions that prevented it from favoring its search engine on Android. Judge Amit Mehta of the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in August that Google violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act, and Google said in a motion filed Friday night that it disagreed with the ruling but suggested ways to make its contracts with browser companies and and Android device makers are flexible.

Summarizing the filing, Google’s VP of regulatory affairs Lee-Anne Mulholland wrote that the proposal would allow browser companies like Apple and Mozilla “to continue to provide Google Search to their users and to earn money from that relationship,” while allowing them to have “multiple default protocols across different platforms (eg, a separate default search engine for iPhones and iPads) and browsing methods.” And browsers will be able to change their default search provider every 12 months. The proposal would also give device makers “more flexibility in preloading multiple search engines, as well as preloading any Google app without preloading Search or Chrome.”

Google said it plans to appeal the judge’s decision before a hearing in April, and will submit a revised motion on March 7. In a blog post, Mulholland called the DOJ’s motion “contrary,” going on to write that it shows “an interloper. agenda” and “goes beyond the Court’s ruling on—our agreements with our search distribution partners.”