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What backlash? Save from a well run PR and lobby campaign by Google, few consumers would mind.
by flexie 9y ago
What backlash? Save from a well run PR and lobby campaign by Google, few consumers would mind.
- qeternity 9y agoWhat percent of the EU uses Gmail? Right off that bat, that's a massive inconvenience.
- Slansitartop 9y agoCould such a breakup order or sanctions be specific to certain businesses? Google has a strong position in the email space, but it isn't anywhere as dominant as it is with search and web advertising.
- qeternity 9y ago> Google has a strong position in the email space, but it isn't anywhere as dominant as it is with search and web advertising. What?? The whole point of a breakup is precisely because they are dominant in all of the things you mentioned. Also, my comment is irrelevant if they actually comply with a breakup order. If they don't, and they withdraw from the EU, it doesn't matter how the breakup is structured because they cease doing business in the EU anyway.
- dmitrygr 9y agoSpain tried it. It started with a bang like this [1] and ended with a whimper like this [2]. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/16/google-news-spain-publishing-fees-internet https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/16/google-news-sp... [2] https://techcrunch.com/2014/12/14/spanish-newspapers-want-google-news-back/ https://techcrunch.com/2014/12/14/spanish-newspapers-want-go...
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoI don't think a minor scuffle about Google News, a product Google's profits aren't dependent on, and user data isn't contained in, is a relevant comparison to discussion of what would happen if a search/email-level breakup was in the cards.
- dmitrygr 9y agoI just mean that Ms. Vestager is not the only one who can play hardball or rattle sabers here. Google can and has done it in the past.
- idbehold 9y agoYou're kidding, right? You don't think people would be upset when they cannot access Gmail, Google search results, or Google Maps? And a message in each service asking users to contact their representatives if they want access to the services again would be all that is required.
- flexie 9y agoThat would be a very unlikely consequence of breaking up Google.
- gaius 9y agoWell we know how people would react, because it happened before when Google was forced out of China. Everyone there uses a local alternative and doesn’t give a fuck about Google anymore
- bllguo 9y agothat's BS, Google wasn't anywhere near as widespread in China as it is in Europe. which is also why Google was fine with leaving China
- jadedhacker 9y agoYou're kidding right? You don't think people would be upset when they cannot access their funds though their favored stock broker or bank? Each bank would lobby their customers to contact their representatives. They're too big to fail! They're too integral to the economy to consider even breaking them up. /s