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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by count on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @09:36AM (#27447680)
Crucially, I went to Googles business first to look for things.

In the olden days, if I went to AAA for travel advice, I'd get their partners and such recommended, not generic all-encompassing information. But I went to AAA for it. I don' see how this is any different. I can chose to go to not-google and Google then doesn't impact me.

Does Walmart have to put anybody's stuff where they want in the aisles?

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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by ganzuul on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @09:58AM (#27447886)
> Does Walmart have to put anybody's stuff where they want in the aisles?

That could be an incredible boon to the ecoconomy.

As a younger man I gave up on the idea of making simple consumer products on realizing that the large supermarket chains around here could dash my work on the rocks by just a middle manager arbitrarily saying 'no' to stocking what I had made.

So yes, I think those companies should be forced to work with local businesses.

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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by count on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @10:00AM (#27447911)
Should you be forced to put my stuff in your house? These are private companies, where does that force end?
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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by ganzuul on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @11:20AM (#27448953)
I don't like arguing with hyperboles like that. Please suggest something reasonable, which I even could agree to.
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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by count on Thursday June 10, 2021 @05:52PM (#27466284)
Why is that hyperbole? Is a store not a private place?
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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by ganzuul on Friday June 11, 2021 @09:20AM (#27472936)
> Should you be forced to put my stuff in your house?

This is a hyperbole because a private home is completely different from what we are discussing.

This should be obvious.

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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by count on Friday June 11, 2021 @05:45PM (#27478886)
Please, draw the line that makes it different.
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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by ganzuul on Saturday June 12, 2021 @01:28AM (#27481802)
These are open sets, not closed sets, like almost everything in the real world.
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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by Mauricebranagh on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @12:18PM (#27449688)
No you have to bribe them :-)
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