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The question is not whether Google is evil or not. They have a business model that is mostly legal (there are probably some corners where they do not fully comp
by usr1106 7y ago
The question is not whether Google is evil or not. They have a business model that is mostly legal (there are probably some corners where they do not fully comply with GDPR and national data protection and consumer protection laws in Europe). So I wouldn't care how they run their business. If I don't like them I don't do business with them. The problem is that they are a monopoly and it's hard to avoid them. I know what I am talking about, because I use a Google-free mobile phone (not Apple either). I cannot rent e-scooters (which doesn't bother me) and I might have difficulties to buy/have to pay higher prices for public transit tickets in many European cities (which sometimes does bother me).
The big failure is lack of antitrust enforcement. Google needs to be broken up like it happened to ATT in 1984.