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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…”
- haui ( @haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com ) 84•1 month ago
I sincerely hope they get broken up.
- atro_city ( @atro_city@fedia.io ) 22•1 month ago
Betchu they’ll just send a check of 1 B to the FTC and say “that should pay the fine + interest” then go on with their day. Happened in a similar fashion before.
- haui ( @haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com ) 5•1 month ago
Happy cake day. Yes, I‘m afraid that could happen. We‘ll see.
- Ilandar ( @Ilandar@aussie.zone ) 57•1 month ago
This is based on older evidence but the exclusive deal Google just signed with reddit makes it pretty clear the monopoly is planned and ongoing.
- Melody Fwygon ( @Melody@lemmy.one ) English41•1 month ago
Even if the punishment is largely symbolic and Google only pays a tiny (compared to it’s massive size) fine; I’d still call that a significant win.
- Google can be REQUIRED to give users A CHOICE of Search Engines.
- Google can be FORBIDDEN from giving their OWN ENGINE an advantage in search results or advertising
- Google can be FORCED to ALLOW THIRD PARTIES access to the SAME APIs used in Chrome and Chromium.
- Google can be FORBIDDEN from BLOCKING THIRD PARTY FRONTENDS from using Google Search, Youtube and more.
- Schadrach ( @Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org ) English3•1 month ago
Google can be REQUIRED to give users A CHOICE of Search Engines.
Don’t they, err, already do this?
I mean a search engine is literally just a website and absolutely nothing prevents you from just going to duckduckgo.com or bing.com or wherever. Don’t think Chrome prevents you from accessing other search engines in general, and last time I used it (admittedly a while back) it had a setting to change the search engine used by default if you just typed something into the address bar.
- Melody Fwygon ( @Melody@lemmy.one ) English2•1 month ago
Don’t they, err, already do this?
No, They don’t. They have stolen that initial choice from you by paying companies to be the “default” choice. They do this to capture those who are lazy or indolent about their choices, or to entrap those who are too un-savvy to change the preference.
- Schadrach ( @Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org ) English1•1 month ago
You do know there’s a big difference between a “default” option and a “mandatory” setting, right? Specifically that you do, in fact, have a choice to change a default?
Not forcing the user to proactively make a choice is not the same thing as denying the user the ability to choose.
- Melody Fwygon ( @Melody@lemmy.one ) English2•1 month ago
Your argument is irrelevant.
- Eggyhead ( @Eggyhead@kbin.run ) 33•1 month ago
Websites and articles that have nothing to do with search or Google have to be designed specifically for Google’s search algorithm. I think that’s pretty crazy.
- Mojeek ( @Mojeek@lemmy.ml ) 19•1 month ago
Search Engine OptimizationGoogle Optimization - wuphysics87 ( @wuphysics87@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 month ago
Interestingly, SEO is increased with semantic HTML which benefits people who need screen readers since it is easier to parse. But, also. Fuck google
- Phoenicianpirate ( @Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee ) English21•1 month ago
Good, fuck Google. Break up that site.
- ColeSloth ( @ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ) 19•1 month ago
Next do chromium
- Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English1•1 month ago
I can’t wait until Adobe, Spotify and every other company that’s been screwed over get called in to testify
- Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English11•1 month ago
Google search is a monopoly? It is losing market share. They really should go after Chrome and its clones
- TheGalacticVoid ( @TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee ) 22•1 month ago
Just because it’s losing market share doesn’t mean it’s not a monopoly, let alone an illegal one.
- Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English6•1 month ago
True I suppose
I just don’t like how Chrome is the “standard”
- falseprophet ( @falseprophet@fedia.io ) 7•1 month ago
I agree but that is a different problem
- TheGalacticVoid ( @TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee ) 3•1 month 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.
- atro_city ( @atro_city@fedia.io ) 4•1 month ago
We need a federated search engine. Whatever fedia.io runs on but for search.
- milicent_bystandr ( @milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee ) 4•1 month ago
After reviewing [evidence from] Google, Microsoft and Apple… Mehta [gave a verdict]
Really, this is just a win for Facebhook?