Re:“Google Is as Close to a Natural Monopoly as the Bell Sys...
by yazan94 on Thursday May 11, 2017 @10:26AM
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You bring up good points, and I didn't know that the term abuse had a legally precise meaning. I do want to disagree here though:
> Now, what I'm hearing people complain about is that Google uses Chrome to maintain its monopoly in search.
I think this isn't any different than IE or Edge promoting MSN or Bing. I wouldn't say its sleazy, just that they (Microsoft, Google, whoever) is trying to tie their products together to make an ecosystem. Like how iPhones come shipped with Safari (another Apple product). But then again, IANAL either.
> Now, what I'm hearing people complain about is that Google uses Chrome to maintain its monopoly in search.
I think this isn't any different than IE or Edge promoting MSN or Bing. I wouldn't say its sleazy, just that they (Microsoft, Google, whoever) is trying to tie their products together to make an ecosystem. Like how iPhones come shipped with Safari (another Apple product). But then again, IANAL either.