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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @07:19PM (#27442338)
You completely misunderstood the comment you're replying to. He's saying that the mere existence of alternatives does not preclude something from being a utility.
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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by pcmoney on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @07:29PM (#27442409)
Thank you! I am also not even saying Google _should_ be a utility just that the standards for what makes something a utility candidate are not standard but rather arbitrary. Most utilities came about through lobbying one way or another not through some clinical application of rules.

I am concerned with Google's search dominance and its ability to use that to suppress and manipulate even if it is just to get me to buy something.

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