Re:Firefox marketshare revisited
by gorkonsine on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @07:54PM
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This should be proof of illegal collusion and grounds for a gigantic fine for each of them. It's just like the no-poaching agreement they got in trouble with a few years ago.
Re:Firefox marketshare revisited
by tedmielczarek on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @09:22PM
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That would require the US to have a functioning justice department.
IANAL, but I think that would count as "compelling speech" ("You MUST complain to regulators about each other!") which is explicitly forbidden in the States (not sure about Europe, but I think it's the same).
Re:Firefox marketshare revisited
by gorkonsine on Thursday July 20, 2017 @02:17PM
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We're not talking about individuals here, we're talking about corporations. Collusion between companies for the sake of negatively affecting the market (such as establishing a cartel) is illegal in any jurisdiction with proper, functioning laws. As I mentioned before, this is similar to the no-poaching agreement which they got into trouble (not nearly enough though) before.
https://www.recode.net/2016/4/22/11586336/microsoft-google-a...