By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/09/2026Confronted with these proven findings, Mehta decided that Google's punishment should be...*nothing*. They wouldn't be forced to delete the personal data they'd taken from billions of people. 1172
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/09/2026They wouldn't be forced to spin off Chrome or Android - two of the key tools Google uses to keep people from discovering other search engines. 1130
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/09/2026They wouldn't even be forced to halt the $20b annual bribe to Apple - the judge fretted that without that $20b annual bribe, Apple wouldn't be able to pay researchers to come up with cool new iPhone features. 1140
