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Re:The Massive Mystery In Google's Finances by aneth on Friday July 15, 2011 @08:55AM (#2767194)
It's not illegal to use dominance in one market to enter another. That's called good business.

Antitrust requires monopoly, which google does not have. There are many competitive and successful ad networks and search engines, and there is no lock in to the search product.

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Re:The Massive Mystery In Google's Finances by nikcub on Saturday July 16, 2011 @02:30AM (#2770249)
I don't agree with the entire concept of anti-trust, let alone support any case against Google - but I can see it happening
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Re:The Massive Mystery In Google's Finances by chopsueyar on Saturday July 16, 2011 @07:49AM (#2770601)
Yeah, Standard Oil and U.S. Steel were pretty awesome.

Without robber-barons, we would have a dearth of philanthropists.

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Re:The Massive Mystery In Google's Finances by MaysonL on Saturday July 16, 2011 @06:50PM (#2772014)
Bullshit.

Yes, some of the robber-barons were and are philanthropists.

But robbing to give it away is not much more moral than robbing to spend it yourself or give it to your heirs. Both are still theft.

For examples of modern non-robber philanthropists, see H & P, Buffet, et al.

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