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Re:Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation o... by bduerst on Saturday June 01, 2019 @02:27AM (#20067635)
The 2012 antitrust actions were settled with Google by the FTC, not shut down:

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2013/01/googl...

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Re:Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation o... by rndgermandude on Saturday June 01, 2019 @08:00AM (#20068751)
It was shut down. They just call it a "settlement" to avoid it looking suspicious and for the FTC to save face.

So what was this "settlement"? Google promised to be nicer and said mea culpa a bunch of times. They did not pay a fine, did not agree to any hard regulations that would carry a penalty if violated, they did not pay any compensation to the entities they kinda admitted they wronged.

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Re:Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation o... by erikpukinskis on Saturday June 01, 2019 @08:20AM (#20068829)
Who did they wrong?
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Re:Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation o... by rndgermandude on Saturday June 01, 2019 @08:49AM (#20068937)
Other companies and consumers.
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Re:Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation o... by erikpukinskis on Monday June 03, 2019 @02:51PM (#20086770)
No names? I’m not sure where to start.

With Microsoft there were clear injured parties: Netscape, Samba, WordPerfect, and those results created a chilling effect around Windows.

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