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Google illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rules (apnews.com)

submitted 3 months ago by gytrash@feddit.uk to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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"WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge on Monday ruled that Google’s ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation in a seismic decision that could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world’s best-known companies..."

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[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

But... Aren't all of those things still very much dominant?

[–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They're saying that google services are dominant and anticompetitive, but not dominant BECAUSE they're anticompetitive.

Even if they were playing fair with competitors, they would still be #1 because they were that good. But because they weren't okay with giving competitors a fair chance, they resorted to anticompetitive practices that hurt consumers, and now this ruling is going to hurt google in return. They could have played nice and everything would have been better for everyone, but they didn't so here we are

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago

That makes sense, thanks for explaining! I saw "makes space" as what's happening right now, since Android does let you install alternatives for all those, including third party app stores, but it does go farther than that.

[–] Sk1ll_Issue@feddit.nl 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah...almost like that's the problem. XD

[–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Many people use the example of Steam to say "well, they're doing things right", because they offer a better service to everyone else.

My point is that Google could have welcomed competition and still stayed at the top. Instead, they created walls that welcomed this ruling, and damaged themselves and customers in the process.