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> We understand that the bill sponsors intend AICOA to regulate only gatekeeper companies and their controlled products. It is not intended to regulate or impac
by musicale 4y ago
> We understand that the bill sponsors intend AICOA to regulate only gatekeeper companies and their controlled products. It is not intended to regulate or impact the agreements or product offerings of non-regulated independent companies like Mozilla that partner with gatekeepers for critical services
I wouldn't be so sure about that. Paying Mozilla to keep Google as Firefox's default search engine clearly helps to maintain Google's search dominance. (Unfortunately, losing Google's search engine bribe would be the final nail in Mozilla's coffin.)
That being said, it seems that by respectively bundling/preinstalling Safari and Chrome, Apple and Google are achieving something similar to what got Microsoft in trouble: leveraging their dominant platform(s) to maintain browser dominance.