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> Isn't there also a big conflict of interest between Google "the search engine of the world and indexer of all information" and Google "seller of ads"? The ba
by scythe 6y ago
> Isn't there also a big conflict of interest between Google "the search engine of the world and indexer of all information" and Google "seller of ads"?
The basic concept of a search engine supported by advertisements within its results existed before Google and has been applied by essentially all of Google's relevant competitors, including the preferred "ethical" platform DuckDuckGo. If this is to be banned in Google's case it should fairly extend to all sites operating on that model, which would essentially demolish the entire search engine infrastructure as it has been understood to exist since the days of AltaVista.
Targeting Chrome by contrast seems a lot more reasonable. It also enjoys a clear precedent viz. IE.
- joe_the_user 6y agoYour argument gives a good reason that targeting search engines makes no sense. But Chrome being a loss leader and Firefox and Safari being reasonable competitors give a reason targeting the browser make no sense. IE, anti-trust action against Google makes no sense, it's pure political grandstanding. "The world sucks so we should attack X powerful cog in the system" says Y powerful cogs in the system (politicians, other corporations, mass media like the NYTimes, etc).