Communications Minister touts the opportunities of a Google-less Australia

Re:Communications Minister touts the opportunities of a Goog... by sandworm101 on Monday February 01, 2021 @10:02AM (#25989218)

Forcing the provider of a service to carry all local newspapers? Sounds a bit like net neutrality to me. If we see google news as a common carrier of sorts, forcing it to carry everything at fixed prices seems appropriate. Whether the price is too high, or whether one body or another should set the price, is something that can be negotiated.

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Re:Communications Minister touts the opportunities of a Goog... by username90 on Monday February 01, 2021 @10:22AM (#25989389)

Google already carry all local newspapers at a fixed rate. The Australian government just decided to increase the rate to a level Google argue they can't operate under and therefore would have to exit.

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Re:Communications Minister touts the opportunities of a Goog... by levosmetalo on Monday February 01, 2021 @10:52AM (#25989679)

So let them exit then. It's not like Google has the right to set prices for themselves.

It's similar to Germany where, i.e. book prices are fixed, and every store must sell for the same price, whether they like it or not. Of course, they have a choice not to sell.

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Re:Communications Minister touts the opportunities of a Goog... by username90 on Monday February 01, 2021 @05:02PM (#25994665)

Yeah, that is what happens, just that people complain that Google says they are about to exit.

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