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Google were sanctioned in 2017 for exploiting their dominance in the search market to promote their other services. https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/27/15872354
by jdietrich 7y ago
Google were sanctioned in 2017 for exploiting their dominance in the search market to promote their other services.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/27/15872354/google-eu-fine-antitrust-shopping https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/27/15872354/google-eu-fine-a...
- theturtletalks 7y agoThis is the EU. What has the US done to limit or sanction Google? Why was Microsoft pursued and Google not? Both were using one market dominance to push another.
- tracker1 7y agoIIRC, the US hasn't done much at all, until pretty recently. I think recent actions of Google/YouTube, Twitter and Facebook are catching a lot of regulatory attention at this point.
- sjy 7y agoGoogle wasn't a dominant search engine at the time of the Microsoft litigation, and different people were in charge of the Justice Department by the time that it became one. Not every potential crime is or can be prosecuted – especially when there is a lot of room for legal debate as to whether the conduct was criminal, and the defendant is well-resourced.
- bduerst 7y agoThis is the EU, and a failure of technically understanding how internet search works. The google shopping carousel is basically search ads with pictures. Every listing is paid to be there, and is even set up in the same place that you set up Google search ads.