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> All of this is stuff you're allowed to do to compete, of course. Is it though? It blows my mind how Google gets a pass on stuff like this. Way back when MS
by xienze 7y ago
> All of this is stuff you're allowed to do to compete, of course.
Is it though? It blows my mind how Google gets a pass on stuff like this. Way back when MS got slapped for monopolistic practices the key argument was that by bundling IE with Windows they were leveraging their dominant position in desktop OSs to gain an unfair advantage in another industry (browsers/web, via IE).
Meanwhile Google leverages their position in search, email, etc. to push Chrome and whatever else, and no one bats an eye.
- mey 7y agoOr bundling Chrome and Android
- icebraining 7y agoSupposedly they now ask users in the EU which browser they want to use: https://www.blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/supporting-choice-and-competition-europe/ https://www.blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/suppo... I can't say I've ever seen that dialog, though.
- QuesnayJr 7y agoI got a popup telling me I could install other browsers, and some directions on how to do so. I knew it had to be in response to the EU case, but you couldn't tell from the phrasing that they did it involuntarily.
- icebraining 7y agoPresumably there's an investigation ongoing in the US: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/09/google-antitrust-investigation-monopoly https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/09/google-an... That's besides the EU's investigation and fine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_vs._Google#Android_and_mobile_apps_charges https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_vs._Google#Andr...