CBS “60 Minutes” piece on Google’s abuse of dominance

Re:CBS “60 Minutes” piece on Google’s abuse of dominance by camillomiller on Monday May 21, 2018 @08:37AM (#17117920)

I agree that the matter is multi-faceted, of course. I just wanted to point out that we can't use a competing service's quality to assess whether market dominance was exerted or not. Neither I think it can be an extenuating factor. One isn't any less a murderer if they kill another murderer.

Should a different case (maybe a class action) be brought against Yelp for abusing its position and momentum to force restaurants into joining the platform? Probably yes, but it would be a different case which, albeit rightful, has nothing to do with the Yelp-Google case.

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Re:CBS “60 Minutes” piece on Google’s abuse of dominance by dalbasal on Monday May 21, 2018 @04:45PM (#17121692)

I suppose, I just don't understand where that line of thinking heads, in terms of an even theoretical resolution.

Yelp sues google for monopolistic practice. Restaurant federations sue yelp. We sue fb for giving us the willies. The lawyers do very well and there's a legal bubble. Peter Thiel automates lawyers, funded by google who by 2026 are sitting on the largest horde of cash ever stashed but technically bankrupt, pending legal appeals and fully tallied lawyer bills. Legal event horizon in 3.. 2.. shoes.

I don't think I speaking besides the issue (apart from the obvious bits). Are either of these companies accused of anything, formally? Murder may be a bit strong.

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