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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

"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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[-] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Google search is a monopoly? It is losing market share. They really should go after Chrome and its clones

[-] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago

Just because it's losing market share doesn't mean it's not a monopoly, let alone an illegal one.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

True I suppose

I just don't like how Chrome is the "standard"

[-] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

I agree but that is a different problem

[-] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Then you should also not like how Google has a history of making their sites, which are market leaders in many cases including search, perform worse on browsers other than Chrome. That is considered anti-competitive behavior.

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