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There are other cities which you can move to. The problem is, Emperor G sells the only map to the Internet, and they're not shown on it.

jefftk 7y ago
Is your analogy trying to say that Google is the only search engine you can use, and that it doesn't list rival video sites? (Disclosure: I work for Google)
- apatters 7y ago
  You can use other search engines, but the only one Mr. G tells you about is their own, and it consistently features YouTube above other sites. If this kind of behavior from a market leader isn't a textbook anti-trust concern I don't know what is. It's remarkably similar to Microsoft featuring and promoting its own browser at the expense of others. The level of bundling and integration that they were attempting between IE and Windows, and which ultimately got the DoJ to act, has been going on in Android with Search and Chrome from day one.
  - makapuf 7y ago
    Look up "search engine" on google and you find link to alternatives to google, and not google (of course you need to know what a search engine is and that it exists)
    - ajanuary 7y ago
      Even "alternatives to google" gives you a card with "Top 12 Search Engine Alternatives To Google"
    - apatters 7y ago
      It was also possible to use Windows to download alternatives to Internet Explorer. Microsoft got into hot water not because Windows blocked alternatives, but because it gave preference to Microsoft's own browser. Which is something that is normally perfectly legal and fine, but under US antitrust law it stops being fine once you're the market leader.
- syshum 7y ago
  the Analogy to me is the Google run YouTube, Andriod and Search. Google, it is believed and supported by much anecdotal evidence and some leaked documents, that google manipulates search to remove the "undesirable" competition like Minds, Gab, Bitchute, and others. Twitter, Facebook, and other Authoritarian Censorship supporting Silicon Valley companies are unaffected Then there is Android where google blocks apps from anyone unless the adopt a censorship policy mirroring that of Google

jefftk 7y ago

Is your analogy trying to say that Google is the only search engine you can use, and that it doesn't list rival video sites? (Disclosure: I work for Google)

apatters 7y ago
You can use other search engines, but the only one Mr. G tells you about is their own, and it consistently features YouTube above other sites. If this kind of behavior from a market leader isn't a textbook anti-trust concern I don't know what is. It's remarkably similar to Microsoft featuring and promoting its own browser at the expense of others. The level of bundling and integration that they were attempting between IE and Windows, and which ultimately got the DoJ to act, has been going on in Android with Search and Chrome from day one.
- makapuf 7y ago
  Look up "search engine" on google and you find link to alternatives to google, and not google (of course you need to know what a search engine is and that it exists)
  - ajanuary 7y ago
    Even "alternatives to google" gives you a card with "Top 12 Search Engine Alternatives To Google"
  - apatters 7y ago
    It was also possible to use Windows to download alternatives to Internet Explorer. Microsoft got into hot water not because Windows blocked alternatives, but because it gave preference to Microsoft's own browser. Which is something that is normally perfectly legal and fine, but under US antitrust law it stops being fine once you're the market leader.
syshum 7y ago
the Analogy to me is the Google run YouTube, Andriod and Search. Google, it is believed and supported by much anecdotal evidence and some leaked documents, that google manipulates search to remove the "undesirable" competition like Minds, Gab, Bitchute, and others. Twitter, Facebook, and other Authoritarian Censorship supporting Silicon Valley companies are unaffected Then there is Android where google blocks apps from anyone unless the adopt a censorship policy mirroring that of Google