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There's search engines other than Google and there's very, very minimal barriers to using a different search engine; literally just type in Bing.com instead of
by dismalaf 2y ago
There's search engines other than Google and there's very, very minimal barriers to using a different search engine; literally just type in Bing.com instead of Google.com. Hell, if you're on MS Windows which has a similar monopoly on desktop devices, Bing will be shoved in your face over, over and over again and using Google actually requires more effort...
- __loam 2y agoMost of them use Bing's indexes on the backend and some competition does not mean that Google doesn't have monopoly power over the market. Firefox exists but Chrome still has a much larger share of the market.
- YetAnotherNick 2y agoJust because something has monopoly because of being better shouldn't result in antitrust. Even in the browser case, Google is very active in standardisation, and also pays Firefox. Though I think we should definitely ban things like Google search engine advertising Google Chrome for free.
- _aavaa_ 2y agoBut it's active in standardization in a way that helps Google's business specifically, not the market as a whole.