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Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin... by rmc on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @10:15AM (#14645552)
> At what point does a company cross the line and become one that the EU feels can no longer promote their own product?

When a company uses a monopoly in one field (web search) to boost their other businesses.

It's the same when Microsoft were convicted in the US of using the desktop OS monopoly to boost their web browser business.

Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin... by euyyn on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @01:46PM (#14647540)
Microsoft never had a "web browser business" they wanted to boost. They had an OS monopoly they preserved illegally like the mob. Not the same.