Re:Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossible
by indymike on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @08:04AM
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> The only reason Firefox exists is because Google wants something they can point to in court and say "look! we're not a monopoly!"
A competitor that survives at the charity of a monopoly is evidence of a monopoly, not evidence of the opposite. A court might see a non-profit that is directly dependent on Google for ongoing operating cash very differently that how it saw Gates' one-time personal investment in Apple.
A competitor that survives at the charity of a monopoly is evidence of a monopoly, not evidence of the opposite. A court might see a non-profit that is directly dependent on Google for ongoing operating cash very differently that how it saw Gates' one-time personal investment in Apple.