> Even if Google's non-search products are objectively better, it can be a bad thing in the long run as the next generation of competitors are locked out by Goo

> Even if Google's non-search products are objectively better, it can be a bad thing in the long run as the next generation of competitors are locked out by Google's dominance in search. The problem is in how you try to fix this. You could just as easily end up hobbling google with nothing to show for it but enabling the last generation of middlemen to stick around even longer. (Nextag and Expedia come to mind...) > That's what the hearings and investigation are supposed to reveal. Here's hoping. These proceedings aren't big on subtlety, so unless there's a smoking gun, I'm expecting mostly innuendo and posturing from everybody.