Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin...
by Ajedi32 on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @11:04AM
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> I'm not complaining about ads and this fine is not about ads. It is about Google favoring Google Shopping links [...]
Google Shopping links _are_ ads though: https://i.imgur.com/m5rGqLa.png
I'm not complaining about ads and this fine is not about ads. It is about Google favoring Google Shopping links instead of competitors even though Google Shopping was inferior when it started. Google basically pushed their product no matter how shitty it was.
If it were not for Google being a near monopoly in search this would not be a problem, but Google is a monopoly, so special rules apply to them.