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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 MyOutfitIsVague on Sunday May 11, 2025 @11:52PM (#43959490)
Making moves so that competitors can't play at all is so far beyond playing dirty. It's anti-competitive and illegal.
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Re:US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Supp... by surajrmal on Monday May 12, 2025 @03:14AM (#43960380)
They can play, but they are competing with a raised bar which benefits consumers. It's not illegal to make things better.
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Re:US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Supp... by MyOutfitIsVague on Monday May 12, 2025 @09:56AM (#43962959)
They aren't competing with a raised bar, they are competing with a bar that can only be passed if you already have a massive presence in an unrelated area. You can not compete with an entrenched existing player when they are giving their things away for "free", subsidized by a massive ad tax. This entrenchment is tailor-made to make competition infeasible.

This is illegal for a reason. It does NOT benefit consumers to make it impossible for anybody to compete with you. This is anti-competitive, not competition.

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