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Fined by whom? On what authority? It's fascinating how people clamor for more government regulation and control at the first sign of trouble, without reasoning
by forward1 3y ago
Fined by whom? On what authority?
It's fascinating how people clamor for more government regulation and control at the first sign of trouble, without reasoning about the implications of those things, despite a history replete with examples of power abuse from the same.
- Y_Y 3y agoBy the government of any country in which Google has a presence? Are you really fascinated by people desiring regulation? Are you confident that history has more examples of the harm of regulation than the harm of its absence?
- forward1 3y agoGovernment authority is not absolute: it must derive power from some law or other legal basis, which does not presently exist for "websites [which] break in competitor's browser". And if you are suggesting creating precedence for it, I ask you to carefully consider that responsibility in the hands of government bureaucrats, which are generally of low skill and intelligence, and are potent to abuse it.
- mrguyorama 3y ago>I ask you to carefully consider that responsibility in the hands of government bureaucrats, which are generally of low skill and intelligence, Bro you have posted this on an article where GOOGLE fucked up PARSING A USER AGENT STRING to the point they deliver an empty HTML document. What feature on the Google search page even NEEDS such feature switching based on user agent? Google search worked pretty well on internet explorer 4 for heavens sake But please, keep telling me how private sector is so much less incompetent than the public sector
- forward1 3y agoVirtually yelling and calling me "bro" doesn't form an argument for government intervention, but it seems to help you vent, so have at it.
- michaelt 3y agoBack when competition law used to be enforced, if you used your ~90% market share in one area (such as PC operating systems) to give yourself an unfair advantage in another area (such as web browsers) the government forced you to stop doing that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor.... If the laws were still being enforced, a company that has a very large market share in web browsers, and a very large market share in search, would have to be extremely careful not to "accidentally" break their competitors' products.
- forward1 3y agoDo you put "accidentally" in quotes to support your baseless accusation? Because you have provided no evidence of any wrongdoing, only biased speculation.
- alcoholic_byte 3y agoIf it walks like a duck, talks like a duck and looks like a duck......
- forward1 3y agoThanks for confirming your accusations are baseless and not rooted in any factual evidence.