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One important point for everyone to keep in mind, whenever you read an article about some years-long competition investigation, is that it is talking about cond
by asr 9y ago
One important point for everyone to keep in mind, whenever you read an article about some years-long competition investigation, is that it is talking about conduct that happened in the past. In this case, by internet standards, we're talking about conduct that happened a long, long time ago (but, in this galaxy).
When Google shopping was introduced it was a search product, actually, and was not "just an ad." It only became an ad in 2012: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Shopping#Change_to_paid_listings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Shopping#Change_to_paid...
- mst 9y agoAha, thank you. In which case, I think the decision applies fine to the pre-2012 form and the article's thesis applies fine to the post-2012 form.