European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing dominance

Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin... by vixen99 on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @06:21AM (#14643876)

Europeans could always use one of the other (European?) search engines if so they wished. http://searchengineland.com/alternatives-to-google-in-europe...

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Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin... by Jare on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @06:31AM (#14643948)

That's not really an argument. "Google could always not operate in the EU if so they wished"

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Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin... by ionised on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @09:15AM (#14645053)

Or Google could follow the rules of the countries in which they operate.

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Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin... by ferongr on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @04:20PM (#14649009)

Please quote the rule that Google broke. In all 28 EU countries.

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Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin... by ionised on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @05:16AM (#14652729)

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.

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