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Re:Google could face a $9B EU fine for rigging search result... by pulse7 on Friday June 02, 2017 @11:53AM (#14470805)
Just write "translate" and you will get 1) Google's translate service inlined 2) Google Translate Website and then everything else...
Re:Google could face a $9B EU fine for rigging search result... by Spinfusor on Friday June 02, 2017 @12:14PM (#14471006)
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 (#14471059)
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 (#14470847)
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 (#14470873)
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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition_law

Re:Google could face a $9B EU fine for rigging search result... by Zeppin on Friday June 02, 2017 @12:07PM (#14470931)
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 neom on Friday June 02, 2017 @12:00PM (#14470865)
Re:Google could face a $9B EU fine for rigging search result... by kryptiskt on Friday June 02, 2017 @02:37PM (#14472317)
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).