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A comment on US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Support of Plaintiffs [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Supp... by thaumasiotes on Sunday May 11, 2025 @12:25AM (#43951365)
> I strongly disagree. If Google was broken up 20 years ago, nearly ALL the services listed above would not have happened. They are all FREE too, mind you. Everyone would still be paying for email.

People weren't paying for email before gmail. It was predated by hotmail, Yahoo mail, and innumerable free online email offerings by small players. Being free wasn't even a selling point for gmail; the selling point was that they gave you a lot of storage.

Speaking of things that happened before Google, Yahoo Maps and Firefox are older than Google Maps and Chrome. And... Google Flights is a Google acquisition, not a product that they developed.

And then...

> Can you imagine how the world will be affected when these go away?

> Google Fi

> Google Fiber

> Google Pay

Yes, no one will notice.

> Google Groups

It already has gone away. Also, Usenet is something else older than Google.

> Google OAuth

Eliminating "sign in with [popular site]" would be a hugely positive change.

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Re:US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Supp... by diffuse_l on Sunday May 11, 2025 @12:50AM (#43951490)
Nitpick - Maps and Chrome were also acquisition. Also Android, for that matter
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Re:US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Supp... by tsunamifury on Sunday May 11, 2025 @01:01AM (#43951550)
Highly “regarded” take and you know it. Android was made in house by an acquired team. Same with the rest. Jesus this intentionally stupids
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Re:US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Supp... by thaumasiotes on Sunday May 11, 2025 @06:56PM (#43957953)
I didn't know that about Maps and Chrome. I did know Android was an acquisition, and that YouTube was, but in both cases I think Google's put in enough work not to dismiss them as Google projects.
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Re:US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Supp... by riffraff on Sunday May 11, 2025 @01:25AM (#43951634)
>> Google Groups > It already has gone away. Also, Usenet is something else older than Google.

and google literally acquired and then killed deja news. If anything this is yet another argument for the antitrust.

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