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Asking gemini if google is a monopoly (feddit.uk)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Vitaly@feddit.uk to c/technology@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/16950456

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[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yes but PROVE IT. Define what wrong they did. That's my point.

Take a look at the recent monopoly trial, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/05/technology/google-antitrust-ruling.html

They claim that spending $18 billion per year to be the default search engine makes them monopolistic. That's it? That's all they got?

So the result will be Google stops paying $18 billion and device/browser manufacturers have to put up a Browser Choice dot EU type option.

Go back 10 years and put that law in place. AFAIK Apple has always defaulted to Google. Samsung probably would have sold out to Bing to be the default (although in this case Bing wouldn't reach a monopoly, so I guess that's ok for some reason).

I'm not saying paying to be the default didn't help, but is that the reason they have 90% of the searches? No.

Did they do some else? Maybe. Someone should prove it and we can have an actual change.