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This antitrust case is the most straightforward one for prosecutors to win. It's been a long time coming and the FTC would have brought one during the Obama adm
by Despegar 6y ago
This antitrust case is the most straightforward one for prosecutors to win. It's been a long time coming and the FTC would have brought one during the Obama administration if they weren't so captured by the tech industry and Google in particular [1][2]. I expect Google will lose their antitrust cases globally. Cases against other tech companies like Facebook and Amazon seem less certain, but I haven't really thought about antitrust theories too deeply for them.
[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-the-u-s-antitrust-probe-of-google-1426793274 https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-the-u-s-antitrust-probe-...
[2] https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323689604578221971197494496 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323689604578221...
- foxtr0t 6y agoIsn't settlement far more likely than losing all the way through appeals? And in what way is it straightforward? Does it not require a new interpretation of antitrust law? Google isn't using monopoly power to increase prices for consumers.
- nojito 6y ago>Google isn't using monopoly power to increase prices for consumers. This is whole reason for the criminal trial. If they can prove Google stifled competition in the advertising business, it is going to be a cut and dry case.
- cromwellian 6y agoFacebook and Google only account for 50% of all digital ad spending online, so clearly there are lots competition, it's just fragmented.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoAntitrust isn't criminal; it's civil.
- foxtr0t 6y agoLast I checked almost all antitrust laws are enforced through civil cases.