Re:All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of thei...
by CPLX on Thursday May 01, 2025 @08:26AM
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That’s not correct. Google believes the more people use its search engine the more money it makes from ads. That’s correct.
So it monopolizes the distribution platforms for search engines.
The easier analogy here is an oil monopolist paying off all the tanker and rail and pipeline companies so nobody else can get oil to customers, and then splitting the massive profits with the shippers.
By the way this example actually happened and is the origin of the term “antitrust” which is the area of law that Google was found guilty of violating by multiple judges. So the analogy is right on the nose.
So it monopolizes the distribution platforms for search engines.
The easier analogy here is an oil monopolist paying off all the tanker and rail and pipeline companies so nobody else can get oil to customers, and then splitting the massive profits with the shippers.
By the way this example actually happened and is the origin of the term “antitrust” which is the area of law that Google was found guilty of violating by multiple judges. So the analogy is right on the nose.