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> Here's a better option that Google will more likely follow; simply build the fines into operation costs and bill that to EU customers or maybe all Google cust

> Here's a better option that Google will more likely follow; simply build the fines into operation costs and bill that to EU customers or maybe all Google customers looking to serve ads in the EU. That will make Google less competitive and allow more players on the market, breaking their monopoly. Not a bad outcome and probably exactly the point of these fines.

Imustaskforhelp 1y ago
If google is already a monopoly, and EU fines them and google adds more ads to their Eu customers as the parent posted, well guess what, I think that google still is a monopoly... I doubt that google is a monopoly because they are the most competitive at what they do & thus have the market share. I have been using duckduckgo for honestly 3-4 years ago and I think that I have ublock so I don't see their ads but they are really nothing compared to google's ads and they rarely show even without adblocker (I think). Duckduckgo is already really really competitive, You might argue that ddg uses bing and isn't independent but brave search is independent and comes really close to google to the point that you wouldn't know the difference. I don't know the last time I used google but I love ddg's bangs etc. I am sure that someone else can articulate what I am saying into something more logical as to why a monopoly can still exist even while being less competitive than competition. And also I am saying that it is as easy as two clicks to change the default browser but it maybe speaks mountains that most people still don't switch from google to duckduckgo. I sometimes want to recommend librewolf just because it has duckduckgo, ublock and sane defaults (except your web browsing deleted everytime/starting from clean slate (I think) and webgl stuff)
- blackqueeriroh 1y ago
  Why are you talking about monopolies? Go check the EU ruling, and also the original designation of gatekeepers. They’re not the same thing. At the same time, Google absolutely has a significant stranglehold on the adtech market, which is what this is about, not search engines
- wkat4242 1y ago
  Google's main business is not search, it's ads and analytics. But Google has a monopoly there because it operated at a loss to push others out. Like most American tech companies.

Imustaskforhelp 1y ago

If google is already a monopoly, and EU fines them and google adds more ads to their Eu customers as the parent posted, well guess what, I think that google still is a monopoly... I doubt that google is a monopoly because they are the most competitive at what they do & thus have the market share. I have been using duckduckgo for honestly 3-4 years ago and I think that I have ublock so I don't see their ads but they are really nothing compared to google's ads and they rarely show even without adblocker (I think). Duckduckgo is already really really competitive, You might argue that ddg uses bing and isn't independent but brave search is independent and comes really close to google to the point that you wouldn't know the difference. I don't know the last time I used google but I love ddg's bangs etc. I am sure that someone else can articulate what I am saying into something more logical as to why a monopoly can still exist even while being less competitive than competition. And also I am saying that it is as easy as two clicks to change the default browser but it maybe speaks mountains that most people still don't switch from google to duckduckgo. I sometimes want to recommend librewolf just because it has duckduckgo, ublock and sane defaults (except your web browsing deleted everytime/starting from clean slate (I think) and webgl stuff)

blackqueeriroh 1y ago
Why are you talking about monopolies? Go check the EU ruling, and also the original designation of gatekeepers. They’re not the same thing. At the same time, Google absolutely has a significant stranglehold on the adtech market, which is what this is about, not search engines
wkat4242 1y ago
Google's main business is not search, it's ads and analytics. But Google has a monopoly there because it operated at a loss to push others out. Like most American tech companies.