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Antitrust action was recommended by the career antitrust officials at the FTC, not the politicians. It was the political appointees (from both parties) who shu
by GeekyBear 7y ago
Antitrust action was recommended by the career antitrust officials at the FTC, not the politicians.
It was the political appointees (from both parties) who shut their recommendation that the FTC begin an antitrust action down.
- bduerst 7y agoThe 2012 antitrust actions were settled with Google by the FTC, not shut down: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2013/01/google-agrees-change-its-business-practices-resolve-ftc https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2013/01/googl...
- rndgermandude 7y agoIt was shut down. They just call it a "settlement" to avoid it looking suspicious and for the FTC to save face. So what was this "settlement"? Google promised to be nicer and said mea culpa a bunch of times. They did not pay a fine, did not agree to any hard regulations that would carry a penalty if violated, they did not pay any compensation to the entities they kinda admitted they wronged.
- erikpukinskis 7y agoWho did they wrong?
- rndgermandude 7y agoOther companies and consumers.
- erikpukinskis 7y agoNo names? I’m not sure where to start. With Microsoft there were clear injured parties: Netscape, Samba, WordPerfect, and those results created a chilling effect around Windows.