In a major change in tune, Google has admitted that the “open web is already in rapid decline” — despite being adamant for months that the “web is thriving.” As first spotted by The Verge, the tech ...

Google believes that the open web is already dying as the DOJ wants to break up Google’s ad empire. Google lost this court battle in 2023, and the remedies trial is coming in two weeks. Both the DOJ ...

Google privately told a federal court that “the open web is already in rapid decline,” a sharp reversal from its public claims that search traffic is booming — and a stunning admission as the Justice ...

It’s been clear for some time that the “open web” as we’ve known it for years is in a tough spot, but Google has argued the opposite. In a court statement, though, Google’s own case argues that the ...

Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, said in May that web publishing is not dying. Nick Fox, VP of Search at Google, said in May that the web is thriving. But in a court document filed by Google on late ...