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A comment on Google digital advertising antitrust litigation [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Google digital advertising antitrust litigation [pdf] by LordDragonfang on Sunday October 24, 2021 @03:49PM (#28981280)
>This is not an editorial document, it’s a legal complaint by the Attorneys General of 17 U.S. states and commonwealths demanding a jury trial (among other things).

While I agree that Google is anticompetitive, I don't think that specific detail gives as much weight as you think it does (or indeed should). The courts have had a notoriously bad history with understanding tech, and being part of a formal legal process is only weak evidence that a complaint has merit.

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Re:Google digital advertising antitrust litigation [pdf] by kbenson on Sunday October 24, 2021 @04:25PM (#28981539)
I don't think that was necessarily meant to convey weight towards a position of belief, but instead to just clarify the situation. They immediately followed up with "the allegations are unproven" and "we'll eventually see".
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