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Re:EU antitrust regulators say they are investigating Google... by petre on Sunday December 01, 2019 @01:39AM (#21674209)
Because it's easier to fine US companies when they break/skirt the law. And EU citizens can make their own choices, you know. Maybe I want to use Google instead of 'EUgle' that would be censored by default under German law to prevent hate speech.
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Re:EU antitrust regulators say they are investigating Google... by Mirioron on Sunday December 01, 2019 @03:14AM (#21674513)
As a European I wouldn't trust any European search engine either.
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Re:EU antitrust regulators say they are investigating Google... by disabled on Sunday December 01, 2019 @05:52AM (#21674888)
I am a dual US|EU national. While I do not actually trust any search engine, I still trust Qwant and Startpage (European search engines) over ones like Google (US based). But, I almost always use DuckDuckGo.

I think of the Internet as a public utility. I think it needs to be regulated as such.

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Re:EU antitrust regulators say they are investigating Google... by petre on Sunday December 01, 2019 @09:04AM (#21675522)
Qwant is using Bing. So much for being a genuine European search engine.
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Re:EU antitrust regulators say they are investigating Google... by cinquemb on Sunday December 01, 2019 @02:24AM (#21674325)
Is it though, if you have to keep going back and fining them with nothing really changing in between except for a thin veneer of "compliance"? Or is it preferable to have it that way, a piggy bank/rich uncle of sorts, one EU regulators and always rely on to get some cash quick for the next EU citizens sanctioned scheme? Who is really benefiting? Is your search experience really getting any more productive/better with this prolonged cat and mouse game?
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