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It's just one of the pipes in the interweb plumbing system duh. (That's actually a slightly better metaphor than I was going for come to think of it.)
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Maybe the browser is more like a faucet and the search engine is like… the city water utility? Obviously that analogy has flaws too.
You could say your tv is like a browser and the “guide” is like a search engine. That analogy is a bit better.
The reason google is so good is that it has had a monopoly for so long it has all the data.
I think the case is crystal clear even to someone who has no technical knowledge. The question is whether the judge will be swayed by the lobbying power of the Big Tech