Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a public utility

Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by wrycoder on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @09:05PM (#27443043)

That's known as "tying" - an illegal use of a overwhelming market position to leverage the market position of other products of the same company. That's the key thing that determines illegal monopolistic practice.

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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by MinorTom on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @07:44AM (#27446775)

That's true if you define Google as a link search engine, but what if you were to define it as a "solution finder"? This way it just fits into the definition.

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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by Dracophoenix on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @10:01PM (#27443404)

I don't understand how the presence of information on a website constitutes tying. What the hell happened to free speech?

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