Filing also suggests it sells Android, stops scraping content for AI without opt-out

The US Department of Justice last night finally filed court documents proposing Google divest itself of Chrome – the most popular browser in the world by a huge margin.

The proposed judgment [PDF], which landed late on Wednesday, is aimed at ending Google's alleged monopoly on search. In addition to requiring the ad slinger to sell its Chrome browser, it prohibits Google from paying to make its search engine the default for third parties, causing pain not just for Alphabet but for others.

Google pays billions annually to Apple and Mozilla to remain the default search engine in Safari and Firefox. As The Reg has previously suggested: "If those go away, there will be blood – not just for Google but also for Apple and Mozilla."

The proposal also states that publishers should be able to opt out of AI overviews without fear of retaliation.

To make clear the intent, the ...