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Re:Judge Rules US v. Google Trial Documents Can Be Posted On... by matheusmoreira on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @08:04PM (#37683346)
> it may be detrimental to consumers, it's not suddenly nefarious when they do it

It absolutely is. The whole point of these corporations is to serve us with good products and services. That's why society allows them to exist at all. That they get to turn a profit is merely a side effect meant to incentivize them. If whatever it is they're doing is not good for us, it absolutely should be prohibited. We couldn't care less how much money they're making or losing, it's literally not our problem.

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Re:Judge Rules US v. Google Trial Documents Can Be Posted On... by 22289d on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @08:58PM (#37683803)
"they're not doing anything nefarious" and "what they are doing should be prohibited" are not mutually exclusive.

You aren't disagreeing with me.

They're in anti-trust proceedings. That is the proper way to handle any harm they're doing.

And...as I said...that doesn't mean they are doing anything nefarious. They're conducting business as any other business would, they just happen to be really good at it. If the regulators want to step in, they can. It's the system working as intended.

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