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I'm talking about the US where google is also protected by the first amendment and not the bizarro world logic the EU uses to justify their protectionism (how a
by joeshmoe24 8y ago
I'm talking about the US where google is also protected by the first amendment and not the bizarro world logic the EU uses to justify their protectionism (how are shopping ads different than any other search ads?!).
- personjerry 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act_of_1890 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act_of_1890 "The Sherman Act broadly prohibits (1) anticompetitive agreements and (2) unilateral conduct that monopolizes or attempts to monopolize the relevant market." For example, squashing competition by deleting your competitors search results might be interpreted as an attempt to monopolize the market. In the context of providing a marketplace (i.e. the App Store), we aren't really looking at "private free speech" any more and so the first amendment does not apply here.
- joeshmoe24 8y agoYes it does: https://searchengineland.com/another-court-affirms-googles-first-amendment-control-search-results-209034 https://searchengineland.com/another-court-affirms-googles-f... The worst thing about antitrust threads on HN is idiots trying to appear knowledgeable by skimming a Wikipedia article.
- personjerry 8y agoThat's an interesting case that I was not aware of. I think your attitude is suboptimal here.