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Re:The case for why Google should be regulated as a public u... by sjroot on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @11:49AM (#24121657)
Bingo. Every device that I can think of allows you to choose a default search engine. It would be very easy for me to use something other than Google; they have no anticompetitive hold on how I explore the Internet and discover new services.

This article is written by someone who would personally profit from Google’s regulation. It’s an ad for his company disguised as virtue signaling.

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Re:The case for why Google should be regulated as a public u... by shakna on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:11PM (#24121978)
> Every device that I can think of allows you to choose a default search engine.

Users, overwhelming, do not change defaults. Period. Unless there is a step where they are shown a range of options and select one, this is not an active choice for them.

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Re:The case for why Google should be regulated as a public u... by stickfigure on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:34PM (#24122277)
Citizens (at least in the US), overwhelmingly, don't vote. But that doesn't mean this isn't a democracy.
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Re:The case for why Google should be regulated as a public u... by qshqwudhoquc on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:44PM (#24123290)
The second half of that sentence is doing a lot of heavy lifting to get your point across.
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Re:The case for why Google should be regulated as a public u... by hinkley on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:37PM (#24122312)
Which is why Google paid the Mozilla Foundation a shitload of money to be the default search engine when Firefox was still running around 25% market share.
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Re:The case for why Google should be regulated as a public u... by scarface74 on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:24PM (#24122955)
So we need the government to come in because people don’t know what’s best for them?
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Re:The case for why Google should be regulated as a public u... by shakna on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @02:03PM (#24123548)
Alternatively, the government can be useful to ensure people know what options are available to them.
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