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What if an entity like the EU mandated that google make a public search index API, which would allow any competitor to create a low-cost clone. Google gets to s
by engineeringwoke 5y ago
What if an entity like the EU mandated that google make a public search index API, which would allow any competitor to create a low-cost clone. Google gets to stand as it is, relying on its brand and extra suite of tools to compete.
It's heavy handed, but if you view search indexing as a natural monopoly, it's relatively simple for how effective it would be at curtailing market power.