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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by tyingq on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @10:16PM (#18975347)
I suspect a reply to your comment isn't going to change your stance on whether Google is dancing around in the anti-trust/monopoly area.

Maybe you would concede that some reasonable people think they have in the past?

Like FTC investigators (albeit overruled by their bosses): http://graphics.wsj.com/google-ftc-report/

Or Eric Schmidt: https://www.businessinsider.com/is-google-a-monopoly-were-in...

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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by dominotw on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @09:56AM (#18978599)
see this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15045653

Winning argument was

> It takes me all of 10 seconds to type duckduckgo.com, and maybe 30 to switch default search engines for the browser. [1][2]

But an equivalent, i can just download FF in 10 seconds is not acceptable in this context. why? Infact, Google browser is way less dominant that the search engine.

> I suspect a reply to your comment isn't going to change your stance on whether Google is dancing around in the anti-trust/monopoly area.

Why is that? Sounds a bit patronising.

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15046158

2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15046382

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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by tyingq on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @10:30AM (#18978968)
>Why is that? Sounds a bit patronising

It wasn't meant to be patronizing. People's views on anti-trust law vary enough that I don't expect a debate to settle things.

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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by dominotw on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @11:06AM (#18979404)
gotcha.
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