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This doesn't feel like a real solution to the problem. How would breaking Google into pieces solve a monopoly in search? The search part would still have that

This doesn't feel like a real solution to the problem. How would breaking Google into pieces solve a monopoly in search? The search part would still have that monopoly. Since it doesn't solve the problem, I doubt it will survive in court. Google's 1% drop in stock price is evidence of this being no real threat. IMO this isn't an honest attempt at anti-trust enforcement and is just more Democratic party vengeance against the tech industry.

foxyv 2y ago
It would prevent Google from using its other companies to engage in anti-competitive practices.
mariusor 2y ago
Less incentives for the world's most popular browser having a google search integration, less incentives for one of the leading mobile OSes to have a google search integration, etc.
- Ferret7446 2y ago
  > Less incentives for the world's most popular browser having a google search integration That doesn't seem particularly impactful. Chromium is open source, you can literally go and swap out the search engine right now in a couple of minutes (well, minus the compile time).
Const-me 2y ago
I don’t think search monopoly is an important issue. The main issue Google is a monopoly for multiple levels of the stack. A good internet search engine would deprioritize low quality stuff like ad-infested clones of Wikipedia, stackoverflow, and similar SEO generated or AI generated web sites. Google won’t do that because it would affect their income from online ads. Ever wondered why google’s search quality is declining over the years? https://mashable.com/article/google-search-low-quality-research https://mashable.com/article/google-search-low-quality-resea... They have a similar conflict of interest for web browsers. I use Samsung web browser on my phone which asked me “would you like to enable the ad blocker?” on the first launch. Google won’t do that in Chrome despite end users would love the feature.

foxyv 2y ago

It would prevent Google from using its other companies to engage in anti-competitive practices.

mariusor 2y ago

Less incentives for the world's most popular browser having a google search integration, less incentives for one of the leading mobile OSes to have a google search integration, etc.

Ferret7446 2y ago
> Less incentives for the world's most popular browser having a google search integration That doesn't seem particularly impactful. Chromium is open source, you can literally go and swap out the search engine right now in a couple of minutes (well, minus the compile time).

Const-me 2y ago

I don’t think search monopoly is an important issue. The main issue Google is a monopoly for multiple levels of the stack. A good internet search engine would deprioritize low quality stuff like ad-infested clones of Wikipedia, stackoverflow, and similar SEO generated or AI generated web sites. Google won’t do that because it would affect their income from online ads. Ever wondered why google’s search quality is declining over the years? https://mashable.com/article/google-search-low-quality-research https://mashable.com/article/google-search-low-quality-resea... They have a similar conflict of interest for web browsers. I use Samsung web browser on my phone which asked me “would you like to enable the ad blocker?” on the first launch. Google won’t do that in Chrome despite end users would love the feature.