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Judge in US v. Google trial didn’t know if Firefox is a browser or search engine (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Judge in US v. Google trial didn’t know if Firefox is a browser or search engine::Google accused DOJ of aiming to force people to use “inferior” search products.

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[–] 76 points 3 years ago (22 children)

How can anyone make a judgement about something they know nothing about? We are so doomed.

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  • [–] 44 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    They do so all the time - do you think judges are experts in every thing? The judge needs to understand the law. It's up to the counsel to ensure they have experts to explain the details.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    They don’t need to be an expert. They need to be people that have basic knowledge of how the world around them works, and the ability to learn new things as that world changes. I mean that’s the basic requirement at any job I have ever had, why are they exempt?

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  • [+] 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (6 children)
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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Just because it’s done that way doesn’t mean we can’t fix the issue.

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  • [+] 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)
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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    It's not "fatalistic", it's "fine" this way.

    A judge doesn't have to know what mozilla is before a trial starts. Council can tell them what it is, how/whether it matters to the case, etc.

    It's the lawyers that have the duty to inform the judge. You can't rely on every judge knowing everything about all topics. And they don't really need to..

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  • [+] -15 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    Imagine how fucked we would be with zoomers for judges and then count your blessings ;)

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Completely brain dead take

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I think you mean complete shit post

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Holy shit you mean the generation that's actually going to be effected by their own decisions? What would make that worse? Please expand

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