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Re:The First Big Antitrust Trial of the Century Is About to ... by arrosenberg on Sunday August 06, 2023 @08:45PM (#37028588)
Gonna need a cite on that logic. The MS case was about including IE with Windows for free. With Google, the products are paid for by the ad revenues instead of Windows and Office licenses.

> Microsoft Teams is a great example of an anticompetitive bundle if you want one.

Also true.

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Re:The First Big Antitrust Trial of the Century Is About to ... by huitzitziltzin on Sunday August 06, 2023 @09:14PM (#37028779)
>> The MS case was about including IE with Windows for free.

This is exactly where the anticompetitive effects of bundling arise.

>> With Google, the products are paid for by the ad revenues instead of Windows and Office licenses.

That’s why it’s going to be impossible to argue that this is bundling in the anticompetitive sense.

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Re:The First Big Antitrust Trial of the Century Is About to ... by arrosenberg on Monday August 07, 2023 @01:38PM (#37037800)
You keep saying that, but no cites. Somehow I doubt the Clayton act specifies that bundles can include software licenses, but not ad products. Bundling is bundling, let a judge decide.
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