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Just write "translate" and you will get 1) Google's translate service inlined 2) Google Translate Website and then everything else...
by pulse7 9y ago
Just write "translate" and you will get 1) Google's translate service inlined 2) Google Translate Website and then everything else...
- sogen 9y agoBut you are on Google's site, it's a company, not a public service.
- neom 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor....
- mattmanser 9y agoThere are different rules when you use a dominant position in one market to gain share in another. This is equivalent to the Microsoft/IE thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition_law
- Zeppin 9y agoThey're not challenging Google's dominance of search or projecting responsibilities on them as a service due to that monopoly. They're simply objecting to Google using its dominance in search to gain dominance in, for instance, digital translation.
- kryptiskt 9y agoThere are laws about what companies can do. And using a dominant market position in one market to help them in other markets can be an anti-trust violation (see Microsoft and the browser wars).
- Spinfusor 9y agoWhat are you suggesting they show first? Most people would argue that Google's translation service is the best of the free/ad-supported options out there. Even Bing shows Google's translator first (after their own inline version).
- pulse7 9y agoAt the beginning there were other, better options but Google Translate was still on top... Like IE on Windows: other were better, but IE was preinstalled...