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> you are free to use other companies products It doesn't work like that. Because of their market dominance, there really are no alternatives. This is a combin
by bad_user 9y ago
> you are free to use other companies products
It doesn't work like that. Because of their market dominance, there really are no alternatives. This is a combination of companies simply giving up on competing with Google, but also in terms of SEO, Google is the only one that matters for publishers and advertisers drive profits towards Google as well. Mobile? They now own it.
And btw, if you'll mention DuckDuckGo or Bing, the there's a high probability you're not living in the EU, since those are really, really bad at local or non-English searches.
- lerpa 9y ago> It doesn't work like that. Then don't use any. You are not entitled to it, nobody has any obligation to have a service that does what you want.
- heavenlyblue 9y agoBy the same logic Google could also abandon the EU market. But they most probably will not. So Google should stick with what they get. Pure pragmatism.
- bad_user 9y agoWell, if it's my backyard you're talking about, a company doing business in it might as well obey the house rules. Google isn't entitled to doing business in the EU either. If they do, then they need to follow the law.