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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (5 children)

How is that monopolistic if we are able to change our default search engine?

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    This isn't the first time that something being the default was considered part of a monopoly case. Most notably internet explorer in the Microsoft monopoly case.

    The big thing is that even if there are other options... A lot of people won't ever bother to change it.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The same way one is able to change the default browser on any OS? Because a lot of people claim that FF downfall is exclusively due "other browsers" being the default.

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  • I've been using Firefox since 2018 and I wish I started to use it much earlier than that but sorry this sounds like a lame excuse. Edge came as a default browser but no one used it when it was built on EdgeHTML engine. People love it now because with Chromium it is a better browser now.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    It’s anti-competitive to other search engines and advertisers.

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