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Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search by fuzztester on Monday August 05, 2024 @03:57PM (#41164920)
how is that abuse, though?

is it against the law?

IANAL, but I would think not.

I mean, many people put links to their other products or services on the web page of one of their products or services.

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Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search by TheCleric on Monday August 05, 2024 @04:02PM (#41164976)
It is, if you are leveraging one monopoly to attempt to gain more. This is what happened with Microsoft and Internet Explorer (via the Windows monopoly)[1]

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor....

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Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search by magicalist on Monday August 05, 2024 @05:47PM (#41165933)
Had Microsoft merely provided advertised IE with Windows there never would have been a suit. Even bundling alone would have been a hard case to make. They did far more than just ship IE with Windows.
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Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search by TheCleric on Monday August 05, 2024 @10:56PM (#41167442)
Oh I agree. I merely meant that they were leveraging an existing monopoly to try to create another one via unfair practices.
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Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search by fuzztester on Monday August 05, 2024 @09:14PM (#41167029)
linking to my answer in other parts of this thread, since the point and my reply are the same:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41166997

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