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

submitted 3 months ago by gytrash 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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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

True I suppose

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

[–] falseprophet@fedia.io 8 points 3 months ago

I agree but that is a different problem

[–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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.