>However, those same Americans will often become really hostile towards the EU if there is any claim of monopoly abuse from a European company. If Americans re

>However, those same Americans will often become really hostile towards the EU if there is any claim of monopoly abuse from a European company. If Americans really thought Google is guilty of some kind of "monopoly abuse", Google would be having antitrust problems at home. To most Americans this looks like a shakedown that wouldn't be happening if Google were a European firm.