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It'd be a good idea if the govt was consistent in their approach. They split off IE from Windows, but never used the same criteria for Google and Chrome, Googl
by allie1 7y ago
It'd be a good idea if the govt was consistent in their approach.
They split off IE from Windows, but never used the same criteria for Google and Chrome, Google and Android and the like.
- acheron 7y agoMicrosoft didn't spend enough money on lobbying in the 90s, and so the government cracked down on them. "Nice browser you have there, shame if something happened to it." Google learned from MS's mistakes.
- WorldMaker 7y agoAlso the 90s were arguably the last time there was an anti-trust friendly majority in the US Supreme Court and various US attorneys general willing to try such a case. The Republican Party has put a lot of effort into removing trust busters from the Supreme Court and state attorneys general since the 90s.
- cnst 7y agoActually, they did; it just wasn't your government, so, you made little news out of it. Search terms: Google Yandex Android settlement https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/17/google-reaches-7-8-million-settlement-in-its-android-antitrust-case-in-russia/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/17/google-reaches-7-8-million... https://hn.algolia.com/?q=google+settlement+russia https://hn.algolia.com/?q=google+settlement+russia All the 4 posting didn't pass a score of 10 here on HN.