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Re:Google Is a Monopolist in Online Advertising Tech, Judge ... by whiplash451 on Thursday April 17, 2025 @02:05PM (#43720282)
> the world has far too many Google equivalents

No it doesn't. As explained by the parent, Google is in a unique position w.r.t to the publishers, the sellers and the bidders.

There's a ton of very talented adtech companies out there, but they only get to play an unfair game.

Re:Google Is a Monopolist in Online Advertising Tech, Judge ... by zombiwoof on Friday April 18, 2025 @12:24AM (#43725004)
I worked at Google on Adtech. I can tell you everybody knew it was an unfair game and illegal.

Lots of unrecorded meetings and “no notes taken” sessions