Re:Google could face a $9B EU fine for rigging search result...
by pulse7 on Friday June 02, 2017 @11:53AM
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Just write "translate" and you will get 1) Google's translate service inlined 2) Google Translate Website and then everything else...
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Re:Google could face a $9B EU fine for rigging search result...
by Spinfusor on Friday June 02, 2017 @12:14PM
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What are you suggesting they show first? Most people would argue that Google's translation service is the best of the free/ad-supported options out there.
Even Bing shows Google's translator first (after their own inline version).
Re:Google could face a $9B EU fine for rigging search result...
by pulse7 on Friday June 02, 2017 @12:19PM
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At the beginning there were other, better options but Google Translate was still on top... Like IE on Windows: other were better, but IE was preinstalled...
Re:Google could face a $9B EU fine for rigging search result...
by sogen on Friday June 02, 2017 @11:58AM
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But you are on Google's site, it's a company, not a public service.
Re:Google could face a $9B EU fine for rigging search result...
by mattmanser on Friday June 02, 2017 @12:01PM
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There are different rules when you use a dominant position in one market to gain share in another.
This is equivalent to the Microsoft/IE thing.
Re:Google could face a $9B EU fine for rigging search result...
by Zeppin on Friday June 02, 2017 @12:07PM
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They're not challenging Google's dominance of search or projecting responsibilities on them as a service due to that monopoly.
They're simply objecting to Google using its dominance in search to gain dominance in, for instance, digital translation.
Re:Google could face a $9B EU fine for rigging search result...
by kryptiskt on Friday June 02, 2017 @02:37PM
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There are laws about what companies can do. And using a dominant market position in one market to help them in other markets can be an anti-trust violation (see Microsoft and the browser wars).