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Because there are multiple competing products you can switch to, or even multiple additional products (i.e. ublock/adblock) which you can add in Google's own pr
by paulmd 9y ago
Because there are multiple competing products you can switch to, or even multiple additional products (i.e. ublock/adblock) which you can add in Google's own product if you disagree with their stance.
It's not anti-competitive just because you don't like it.
- kbwt 9y agoIt's pre-installed. Their built-in adblocker will instantly get a huge market share, on the back of Chrome. There's no parallel to that with physical products.
- juliangoldsmith 9y agoAnti-competitive behavior isn't necessarily monopolistic. Google is leveraging Chrome's dominant market position to (potentially) harm their competitors in an unrelated market. You were always able to install Firefox or Chrome on Windows, but Microsoft was fined for using their dominant market position (Windows) to push a product in an unrelated market (web browsers).
- fortythirteen 9y agoAnd I used IE to download Netscape. Didn't stop that being anti-competitive. It's about what the average user is aware of. Google just decided to have the majority of computer and smartphone users be opted in to an ad blocker that, of course, won't block Google ads.
- ksk 9y agoNobody was blocking people from installing Netscape on windows PCs AFAIK.
- colanderman 9y agoAd companies don't get to choose which browser their ads are viewed with. Google is abusing their position as the market leader in one market to gain an unfair advantage in another market.