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Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @07:36AM (#41169825)
It makes no sense to "expect this will be bad for everyone except Google" based on this opinion. "This" has yet to be defined. The court has not even set a date for the trial to determine the remedy yet. All we know at this point is that Google broke the law. We do not know what will be the consequences.
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Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search by BossingAround on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @08:56AM (#41170425)
Isn't it reasonable to assume that one of the consequences will be "Google, and nobody else, can do this," therefore applying OP's logic?
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Re:Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search by pas on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @12:37PM (#41172513)
not necessarily. Google cannot do this because in their case it is "abuse of market power" ... but if a market participant with a small market share does it it likely isn't "abuse of market power".

antitrust is not about market share, it's about abuse of the power that comes with it.

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