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Google has plenty of competitors. I think you forget that someone typing in a search isn't the customer opening their wallet up to pay for Google. http://www.t

• threeseed 12y ago
  Not in the search space they don't which is what EU companies have an issue with. It's Google with about 70%, Bing with about 20% and Yahoo with about 10%. The others are basically rounding errors. When Google puts its own products before organic search results then that clearly is monopolistic behaviour i.e. attempting to extend dominance in one sector to another.
  • thrownaway2424 12y ago
    What does "organic" mean, though? Does it include unbelieavbly bad alternatives to stock Android facilities, like the Aptoide market mentioned in the article? I mean that site is just a piece of shit. Every click takes minutes to service! Is it really Google's responsibility to direct users to miserable experiences, just because some Eurocrat wants his pals to make more money? That's all this boils down to really: local bureaucrats trying to use sovereign powers to enrich their friends.
  • mbesto 12y ago
    I think you missed by point. "Search" isn't their product. Advertising is.