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Re:To Break Google’s Monopoly on Search, Make Its Index Public by nordsieck on Monday July 15, 2019 @12:38PM (#20442482)
> What I have a problem with is literally every other service they provide. Google shouldn't own the most popular browser, the most popular video streaming platform, the most popular map service, the most popular operating system and (one of the?) most popular email services.

So you're saying they're giving away too much good free stuff and need to be stopped?

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Re:To Break Google’s Monopoly on Search, Make Its Index Public by nothis on Monday July 15, 2019 @05:39PM (#20445549)
I mean, obviously it’s not “free” to society.
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Re:To Break Google’s Monopoly on Search, Make Its Index Public by nordsieck on Monday July 15, 2019 @06:44PM (#20446000)
> I mean, obviously it’s not “free” to society.

My mistake. I had forgotten that Google is a taxpayer funded organization.

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