The company says it will maintain the status quo rather than show a pop-up that could push users to try Google's alternative to third-party cookies.

Google’s plan to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome is officially over. In an update on Tuesday, Google Privacy Sandbox VP Anthony Chavez says the company has decided “to maintain our current approach to offering users third-party cookie choice in Chrome.”

Government lawyers made their case in opening statements, saying that Google should be forced to sell Chrome, its web browser, which pushes people to the Google search engine.The company should also be forced to help rival search engines that it has unfairly kept out of competition,