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Losing monopoly might actually be good for them.
by krisgenre 12y ago
Losing monopoly might actually be good for them.
- IBM 12y agoNot in the US. That's been settled already and Google spends too much money on lobbying for anyone to take a go at it (they also have a close relationship with the Obama administration).
- adventured 12y agoHow would Google prevent a competing search engine from taking their market share via lobbyist spending or any connections they have to the Obama Administration?
- CmonDev 12y agoBy suppressing the "shouldn't we stop Google's monopoly" suggestions in senate or whatever other ways USA uses for governing itself.
- raverbashing 12y agoYeah, maybe we can have a government subsidised search engine, powered by the same people that did healthcare.gov right? I don't think there's any monopoly to be broken in search, it's just that the competitors aren't up to that level. (In other areas I might agree)
- nostrademons 12y agoIt's not the legalities that's the real problem, it's the complacency that results from being the only game in town, and the ensuing attraction of employees who want a cushy gig with no real competition and exodus of employees who want to be challenged and pushed forwards.
- matthewmacleod 12y agoI don't think that's the point though – more that a decline in market share for Google may result in improvements. Nothing government or regulatory about it.