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Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin... by Kenji on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @01:27PM (#14647351)
Their site runs on their server and is free to visit. Micosoft runs their products like Windows and Office on YOUR machine. That's the difference.
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Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin... by zeteo on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @02:38PM (#14648009)
> [Google's site] runs on their server [...] Micosoft runs their products like Windows and Office on YOUR machine

That's not a significant difference - Google's site renders on your machine too. Google's servers send you computer code (HTML, Javascript) and Microsoft's servers also send you computer code (Windows binaries).

> [Google's site] is free to visit

The use of API calls in Windows is also free. Would you be OK with Windows servicing Chrome and Dropbox several times slower than Microsoft products? There was a huge antitrust case about this in the '90s.

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Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin... by sz4kerto on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @02:44PM (#14648068)
No. You run their products on your machine.
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