European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing dominance

Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin... by euyyn on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @01:29PM (#14647378)

> Compare MS and the bundled Internet Explorer: Yes, it was more convenient for people not to be required to download a browser after installing the OS.

That was a non-issue, as OEMs were able (and did often) pre-install any number of software packages on top of Windows. The issue was MS telling them "if you preinstall Netscape Navigator, you won't get any more Windows licenses from us". Among other things that were unequivocally harmful to consumers.

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Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin... by vkou on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @04:18PM (#14648990)

In the words of another poster, it sounds MS was punished for being very successful!

The thing about anti-trust is that being a monopoly is allowed. What's not allowed is using a monopoly position to get a large advantage in another market.

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Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin... by euyyn on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @04:51PM (#14649308)

I'm not understanding that. You can be very successful without trying to prevent your business partners from making their products better for their clients.

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