>Justice Dept. files landmark antitrust case against Google
>The Justice Department on Tuesday sued Google for abusing its dominance in online search and advertising — the government’s most significant attempt to protect competition since its groundbreaking case against Microsoft more than 20 years ago.
>And it could just be an opening salvo. Other major tech companies including Apple, Amazon and Facebook are under investigation at both the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission.
>“Google is the gateway to the internet and a search advertising behemoth,” U.S. Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen told reporters. “It has maintained its monopoly power through exclusionary practices that are harmful to competition.”
>Google vowed to defend itself and responded immediately via tweet: “Today’s lawsuit by the Department of Justice is deeply flawed. People use Google because they choose to -- not because they’re forced to or because they can’t find alternatives.”
>Eleven states, all with Republican attorneys general, joined the federal government in the lawsuit. But several other states demurred.
>Sally Hubbard, an antitrust expert who runs enforcement strategy at the Open Markets Institute, said it was a welcome surprise to see the Justice Department’s openness to the possibility of structurally breaking up Google, and not just imposing conditions on its behavior as has happened in Europe.
>“Traditionally, Republicans are hesitant to speak of breakups,” she said. “Personally, I’ll be very disappointed if I see a settlement. Google has shown it won’t adhere to any behavioral conditions.”
>The company owns the leading web browser in Chrome, the world’s largest smartphone operating system in Android, the top video site in YouTube and the most popular digital mapping system. Some critics have singled out YouTube and Android as among Google businesses that should be considered for divestiture.
>A recent report from a House Judiciary subcommittee concluded that Google has monopoly power in the market for search. It said the company established its position in several markets through acquisition, snapping up successful technologies that other businesses had developed — buying an estimated 260 companies in 20 years.
>Columbia Law professor Tim Wu called the suit almost a carbon copy of the government’s 1998 lawsuit against Microsoft. He said via email that the U.S. government has a decent chance of winning. “However, the likely remedies — i.e., knock it off, no more making Google the default — are not particularly likely to transform the broader tech ecosystem.”
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>>285948
I very much doubt even a breakup of big tech will work, the same people will still be in charge and they all talk to each other.
I very much doubt even a breakup of big tech will work, the same people will still be in charge and they all talk to each other.
>>285973
>be big tech
>get broken up
>resume working together and re-combining
could a bigger lawsuit hit them in the future for this?
>be big tech
>get broken up
>resume working together and re-combining
could a bigger lawsuit hit them in the future for this?
>>285973
with how good Trump has been on literally every front of America First. there is good reason for at least minor optimism.
https://invidious.tube/watch?v=eit67Z-T-m8
with how good Trump has been on literally every front of America First. there is good reason for at least minor optimism.
https://invidious.tube/watch?v=eit67Z-T-m8
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Not sure how meaningful this would really be, but hot damn it would be really satisfying to see jewgle get assraped.
>>285950
Meh i doubt it, they have gotten so rich they can influcence the upper echelons of many powerful governments.
Meh i doubt it, they have gotten so rich they can influcence the upper echelons of many powerful governments.
>called the suit almost a carbon copy of the government’s 1998 lawsuit against Microsoft
That didnt end up doing much but getting Microsoft to invest in lobbying. That doesnt seem nice.
That didnt end up doing much but getting Microsoft to invest in lobbying. That doesnt seem nice.
First off, what did Google do? What is wrong with their response: "People use Google because they choose to -- not because they’re forced to or because they can’t find alternatives.”?
Why is a monopoly bad? The textbook answer is that a monopoly has no competition, therefore it can provide a low quality service at a high cost, and people can't do anything about it. However, this only works with an actual monopoly, as in one party providing a good or service, not just a high market share.
Secondly, if you are angry at Google in general the government is what you should be most suspicious of. Remember operation Mockingbird? (CIA put agents in MSM to influence public opinion.) What about PRISM? (NSA spying + receiving information from corporations) Given it's history, why do you trust the government to do (what you think is) the right thing now?
BTW, using mysuperior research and intellect confirmation bias and cherry-picking, I have found https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/how-the-cia-made-google-e836451a959e . It's kinda long, but it seems like the only complaints in the comments are not understanding the Streisand effect, "cOnSpIrAcY!", "BS". Seems possibly interesting.
Why is a monopoly bad? The textbook answer is that a monopoly has no competition, therefore it can provide a low quality service at a high cost, and people can't do anything about it. However, this only works with an actual monopoly, as in one party providing a good or service, not just a high market share.
Secondly, if you are angry at Google in general the government is what you should be most suspicious of. Remember operation Mockingbird? (CIA put agents in MSM to influence public opinion.) What about PRISM? (NSA spying + receiving information from corporations) Given it's history, why do you trust the government to do (what you think is) the right thing now?
BTW, using my
>>285993
Also, Google's search algorithm PageRank was patented, so thank the government for that too I suppose.
Also, Google's search algorithm PageRank was patented, so thank the government for that too I suppose.
>>285993
>if you don't like google you must love da gubbermint!
lolno. Fuck the government AND fuck google. If the government happens to be the entity that takes down google, that's still a net positive because it's still one less evil entity in the world.
>First off, what did Google do?
>What about PRISM? (NSA spying + receiving information from corporations)
You just answered your own question. Government spying is heavily dependent on corporate datamining, and no corporation on earth is as prolific a dataminer as jewgle is. No jewgle = less datamining = less ZOG spying.
>Given it's history, why do you trust the government to do (what you think is) the right thing now?
For whatever reason, the ZOG feels it has a bone to pick with jewgle. We can be reasonably certain that they aren't pressing this case out of the goodness of their hearts, but we also don't have to give a shit about that. No matter what the ZOG is mad at jewgle for, the end result is the kike power structure eating itself alive through infighting, which is a net positive for gentiles no matter what the underlying motivation is.
>if you don't like google you must love da gubbermint!
lolno. Fuck the government AND fuck google. If the government happens to be the entity that takes down google, that's still a net positive because it's still one less evil entity in the world.
>First off, what did Google do?
>What about PRISM? (NSA spying + receiving information from corporations)
You just answered your own question. Government spying is heavily dependent on corporate datamining, and no corporation on earth is as prolific a dataminer as jewgle is. No jewgle = less datamining = less ZOG spying.
>Given it's history, why do you trust the government to do (what you think is) the right thing now?
For whatever reason, the ZOG feels it has a bone to pick with jewgle. We can be reasonably certain that they aren't pressing this case out of the goodness of their hearts, but we also don't have to give a shit about that. No matter what the ZOG is mad at jewgle for, the end result is the kike power structure eating itself alive through infighting, which is a net positive for gentiles no matter what the underlying motivation is.
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>>285993
Okay britcuck corporate judeo-marxist loving boomer. Since you don't know those are one and the same, take your kike loving pills and go back to sleep like the good shekelgoy you are.
Okay britcuck corporate judeo-marxist loving boomer. Since you don't know those are one and the same, take your kike loving pills and go back to sleep like the good shekelgoy you are.
>>285948
>>285993
>>285996
It's splitting of the fiefdom of jewgle for, let's take a guess who will be in control, still the zion pedo dynasties.
The enemy of my enemy is not my friend and is still the enemy in this case.
(((Their))) group politics is bread and circus. The serfs see, bad company is gone, while the forces multiply and can play multiple different angles. The little scuffle is in part pushing to see which exact policies and game plan (((they'll))) commit to.
>>285993
>>285996
It's splitting of the fiefdom of jewgle for, let's take a guess who will be in control, still the zion pedo dynasties.
The enemy of my enemy is not my friend and is still the enemy in this case.
(((Their))) group politics is bread and circus. The serfs see, bad company is gone, while the forces multiply and can play multiple different angles. The little scuffle is in part pushing to see which exact policies and game plan (((they'll))) commit to.
>>285993
>First off, what did Google do?
Sells people's data to the government, restricts the development of the web through mandating that every site support Chrome and Google APIs or they get blacklisted, outright admits that they are intentionally getting involved with the experience of their users in order to dictate politics and society...
>this only works with an actual monopoly, as in one party providing a good or service, not just a high market share
Can you actually name what the alternatives to Google's services are?
>if you are angry at Google in general the government is what you should be most suspicious of
Nice red-herring. I'm angry at both. I don't have to stop hating on the government to also hate on Google.
>why do you trust the government to do (what you think is) the right thing now?
Because Google is even effecting them in an extremely biased and illegal manner, so everyone is taking a page out of Arthashastra, and agreeing that they need to be taken out.
>>285996
>Government spying is heavily dependent on corporate datamining, and no corporation on earth is as prolific a dataminer as jewgle is.
There's also the fact that the reason the government relies upon corporate dataming is because it allows them to get arounf the pesky Fourth Amendment. Even though, it can be argued that a company having contracts with the government also requires them to abide by constitutional laws, on top of previous trust lawsuits dictating that companies ARE required to abide by the constitution when they become monopolies.
>First off, what did Google do?
Sells people's data to the government, restricts the development of the web through mandating that every site support Chrome and Google APIs or they get blacklisted, outright admits that they are intentionally getting involved with the experience of their users in order to dictate politics and society...
>this only works with an actual monopoly, as in one party providing a good or service, not just a high market share
Can you actually name what the alternatives to Google's services are?
>if you are angry at Google in general the government is what you should be most suspicious of
Nice red-herring. I'm angry at both. I don't have to stop hating on the government to also hate on Google.
>why do you trust the government to do (what you think is) the right thing now?
Because Google is even effecting them in an extremely biased and illegal manner, so everyone is taking a page out of Arthashastra, and agreeing that they need to be taken out.
>>285996
>Government spying is heavily dependent on corporate datamining, and no corporation on earth is as prolific a dataminer as jewgle is.
There's also the fact that the reason the government relies upon corporate dataming is because it allows them to get arounf the pesky Fourth Amendment. Even though, it can be argued that a company having contracts with the government also requires them to abide by constitutional laws, on top of previous trust lawsuits dictating that companies ARE required to abide by the constitution when they become monopolies.
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>>286015
>The enemy of my enemy is not my friend and is still the enemy in this case.
So what? If they destroy or weaken an enemy, that's still one less enemy to worry about, which is still good.
>The enemy of my enemy is not my friend and is still the enemy in this case.
So what? If they destroy or weaken an enemy, that's still one less enemy to worry about, which is still good.
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