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Re:The EU's biggest fines on tech companies by baud147258 on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @12:38PM (#17602670)
I think it's called abuse of a dominant position, considering that Google has a quasi-monopoly in search engine in Europe.
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Re:The EU's biggest fines on tech companies by andromedaworld on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @06:24AM (#17608171)
I don't think there's anything wrong with a monopoly that isn't state enforced. Their IP, their servers, why shouldn't they enjoy a monopoly? Absolutely nothing wrong with that.

It is when you involve the state in creating a monopoly that you have problems. Consumers continue to patronize a business to the point of it being a monopoly because it serves them well. In a free market environment, this cannot be a bad thing.

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