Google CEO Sundar Pichai to Meet with Top GOP Lawmakers

Re:Google CEO Sundar Pichai to Meet with Top GOP Lawmakers by chrisco255 on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @06:10PM (#18070967)

I think it's their 90% dominant position over the search market, mobile, advertising, and online video that should be subject to antitrust trials... As for the left/right leaning bias, I think that's all part of the same banana. Their powerful position gives them the flexibility to lean whatever way they choose with few, if any, market repercussions.

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Re:Google CEO Sundar Pichai to Meet with Top GOP Lawmakers by bobdole123456 on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @08:23PM (#18071659)

Being the best in the market isn’t an antitrust issue.

There isn’t any credible alternative to Google because they’re head and shoulders above everyone else.

There are other search engines, they just don’t measure up.

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Re:Google CEO Sundar Pichai to Meet with Top GOP Lawmakers by obpacheco on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @10:57PM (#18072375)

its not just that google has a search engine, they also own youtube, which plays a huge role into how people are getting their news today, as people watch less and less television.

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Re:Google CEO Sundar Pichai to Meet with Top GOP Lawmakers by thrmsforbfast on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @01:20AM (#18072970)

bobdole123456's point is that monopolies aren't illegal but abuse of monopoly power is illegal (you're being downvoted because you do not explicitly address that fact).

But I actually think you raise an extremely interesting question: does pushing a political agenda using your monopoly position constitute an abuse of monopoly power?

The advent of privately controlled monopolistic forums is somewhat new. I don't think it's at all obvious how the spirit of anti-trust law should be extended in the age of platforms...

We're in new territory.

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