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I’m fairly sure strong arming your clients does fall under anti trust, regardless of how hostile google is to its ad targets.
by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
I’m fairly sure strong arming your clients does fall under anti trust, regardless of how hostile google is to its ad targets.
- tantalor 7y ago> strong arming your clients You're describing any business, that's how business works.
- Sabinus 7y ago? I though a business arrangement was meant to be optional and mutually beneficial.
- bjt 7y agoPlaying hardball is itself not an antitrust violation. Doing it to maintain monopoly power is. (Under section 2 of the Sherman Act.)
- SomeOldThrow 7y agoGoogle is not a monopoly in terms of consumer choice (we can choose any one of mostly identical search engines), but it is in terms of market share ala internet explorer. It is in a perfect situation to leverage this to force arbitrary policies that mostly benefit it, like amp.
- prepend 7y agoGoogle has monopoly power [0] even though consumers can choose to use other search providers. They just don’t. [0] https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/competition-guidance/guide-antitrust-laws/single-firm-conduct/monopolization-defined https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/competition-guidance/guide-a...
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