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Eh, I would think that if they’re under fire for being a monopoly any non monopolistic actions like funding their rivals will be pretty well received.

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They’re paying Firefox to make google search default. That is a monopolistic practice.

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

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

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