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> Yet users can switch to other search engines if they want. Advertisers can’t. What are the other choices - Bing, maybe Facebook? Furthermore, search users a
by massysett 2y ago
> Yet users can switch to other search engines if they want.
Advertisers can’t. What are the other choices - Bing, maybe Facebook?
Furthermore, search users aren’t even Google’s customers. Advertisers are. So whether users can switch is not an interesting question.
- crazygringo 2y agoThis suit [1] specifically is about users, not advertisers. It was brought in 2020. There is a separate suit [2] that is specifically about advertisers, not users. It was brought last year. You assert that only the second one is an interesting question. I'd say they both are. Contrary to your statement, search users are absolutely Google's customers. But a company can have more than one set of customers. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Google_LLC_(2020) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Google_LLC_(2... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Google_LLC_(2023) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Google_LLC_(2...
- massysett 2y agoGoogle Search users absolutely are not Google customers. It fails even a basic dictionary definition: Merriam-Webster says a customer is “one that purchases a commodity or service.”
- tweenagedream 2y agoWho says you have to purchase a service with dollars?
- Joker_vD 2y agoThe FTC, apparently: [0]. [0] https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/16/240.4 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/16/240.4