Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin...
by diggan on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @06:13AM
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It's more like a game where others should have the chance to win at one point, just like you did.
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Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin...
by TeMPOraL on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @07:28AM
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Winning means end of the game. Hence the game doesn't allow anyone to win - because what the society needs is not the players to win, but for the game to go on and players to play.
Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin...
by diggan on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @11:47AM
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I don't equal winning with having a monopoly or no competitors but rather just being profitable so you can live a OK life.
In that case, if you win, others can still win as well.
Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin...
by rejschaap on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @06:19AM
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Unless you manage to carve out a monopoly position, capitalism is pretty much a race to the bottom.
Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin...
by vixen99 on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @06:21AM
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Europeans could always use one of the other (European?) search engines if so they wished. http://searchengineland.com/alternatives-to-google-in-europe...
Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin...
by Jare on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @06:31AM
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That's not really an argument. "Google could always not operate in the EU if so they wished"
Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin...
by ionised on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @09:15AM
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Or Google could follow the rules of the countries in which they operate.
Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin...
by ferongr on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @04:20PM
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Please quote the rule that Google broke. In all 28 EU countries.
Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin...
by ionised on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @05:16AM
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It's in the headline.
Antitrust: Commission fines Google €2.42 billion for abusing dominance as search engine by giving illegal advantage to own comparison shopping service
Antitrust rules. The EU decided they broke them. Whether you think they did or didn't is irrelevant.
Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin...
by hutzlibu on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @06:25AM
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And they do. I can't see how google makes that impossible for competitors, also as there are many other big player's around.
And it is allways hard to get big from being small.
This is more about politics and EU bragging itself, for doing something "fair", for the people.