I just find it ironic and a little ridiculous that the gang with a monopoly on violence gets to break up other "monopolies" at their own discretion, and presumably shady deals and corruption happening in the background.

We all know this, but the point is Chrome is a huge brand with 80% browser market share. So, selling this particular brand can damage Google a lot. 

Imyourfed

What is even the point of this? Chromium and Android (AOSP) are both open source.