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Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin... by asr on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @12:59PM (#14647085)
Conversely, just because it doesn't work for you doesn't mean everyone else feels it's broken. At the same time Google was introducing the shopping results that the Commission says were illegal, Microsoft was running advertisements with the slogan "Bing and Decide" that advertised how great a feature it is to do essentially the same thing.

So even if you don't believe Google, there's at least some evidence that a lot of people actually do like services showing up.

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Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin... by Tritrin on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @05:11PM (#14649485)
>So even if you don't believe Google, there's at least some evidence that a lot of people actually do like services showing up.

Yes, and this is exactly what the decision entails, these services should be ranked on their own merit. Google shouldn't be allowed to artificially prioritize their services on searches but let them compete with others.

"It [Google] gave prominent placement in its search results only to its own comparison shopping service, whilst demoting rival services."

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