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

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

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TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee
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Just because it’s losing market share doesn’t mean it’s not a monopoly, let alone an illegal one.

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Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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True I suppose

I just don’t like how Chrome is the “standard”

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falseprophet@fedia.io
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I agree but that is a different problem

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TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee
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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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