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Re:Google is not a search engine, but an ad engine by 0xBA5ED on Sunday December 15, 2019 @10:33AM (#21796675)
>But instead of using a different search engine such as duckduckgo.com, we're calling for the government to break up Google?

Without saying whether or not I think they should be "broken up", there's much more to consider than their search engine.

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Re:Google is not a search engine, but an ad engine by fauigerzigerk on Sunday December 15, 2019 @10:49AM (#21796779)
I agree completely. That's why I said "to fix this particular issue". There are other situations (including some involving Google) where freedom of choice is indeed severely limited by an oligopolistic market structure.
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