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But you are on Google's site, it's a company, not a public service.
by sogen 9y ago
But 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).