Alphabet's Google has proposed new limits on revenue-sharing deals with companies including Apple that make Google's search engine the default on their devices and browsers.
These suggestions stem from the US search giant's ongoing antitrust battle over its online search operations.
In August, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google had illegally crushed its search competitors — a ruling the company vowed to appeal.
In a legal filing submitted Friday, Google said it should be allowed to continue making these deals with other companies while expanding the options it offers.
These options include the ability to assign different default search engines to different platforms and browsing modes.
The solutions suggested by Google also provide the possibility for partners to change their default search engine at least every 12 months.
These proposals stand in stark contrast to the sweeping solutions suggested last month by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), which recommended that Judge Mehta force the company to stop entering into revenue-sharing contracts.
DOJ lawyers also demanded that Google sell Chrome, the world's most popular web browser.
Google's search engine accounts for about 90% of all online searches worldwide, according to web traffic analytics platform Statcounter.
In a statement, Google called the DOJ's appeals “overly broad” and said even its own counterproposals, filed in response to a court-imposed deadline, would come at a cost to their partners.
Judge Mehta is expected to issue a decision on the remedial phase of this landmark case by August, following a trial.
