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Re:Are Google, Amazon and others getting too big? by anth1988 on Saturday June 10, 2017 @02:52PM (#14528627)
> In 2013, the European Commission fined Microsoft for giving preferential treatment to its own browser, Internet Explorer.

I don't understand why Microsoft gets fined, but Google gets a pass when they used their other products to push Chrome to a dominant position.

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Re:Are Google, Amazon and others getting too big? by dredmorbius on Saturday June 10, 2017 @06:11PM (#14529474)
The EU have in large part shifted their attention to Google (and Facebook) at this point.

Microsoft still takes occasional scruitiny as well, though not nearly as much AFAIR.

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