this is the same case where google deleted incriminating chat logs and where its own experts inadvertently revealed they pay apple $20 billion in 2022 to use google on safari, 36% of its safari search revenue
>A federal court has found that Google illegally abused its market power to quash competition, in a landmark win by the Justice Department against Big Tech.
>Judge Amit P. Mehta wrote in his judgment that Google, a unit of Alphabet, has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act by maintaining its monopoly in two product markets in the United States — general search service and general text advertising — through exclusive distribution agreements with customer companies.
>The case has been closely watched in antitrust law circles as the first of a string of cases by federal prosecutors against high-tech giants, as Washington antitrust enforcers argue that Big Tech has gotten too powerful and doesn’t serve the public interest. Lawsuits have also been filed against Amazon, Meta and Apple.
>The Justice Department had asserted that Google violated federal antitrust law contracts requiring Google search to be installed as the default on Android smartphones, among other practices that prevented its rivals from competing on an even playing field.
>Google had argued that users were free to switch their default search engine, and that it is easy to do so.
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An anti trust suit was inevitable when your company name literally becomes a verb. Going to be interesting to see what the proposed remedies will be, especially because of its impact on AI.
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this is the same case where google deleted incriminating chat logs and where its own experts inadvertently revealed they pay apple $20 billion in 2022 to use google on safari, 36% of its safari search revenue
https://preview.redd.it/l18t7akx8wgd1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30289d04c57600bdd9179504d4c691b0d54c6385
Am I misunderstanding this, or does this functionally kill Mozilla, given that most of their revenue comes from this search deal?
Cause uh, I don’t know if killing Google’s sole competitor in browsers is exactly a great antitrust win.
Non-paywalled article from WaPo: https://wapo.st/3WQgTRj
>A federal court has found that Google illegally abused its market power to quash competition, in a landmark win by the Justice Department against Big Tech.
>Judge Amit P. Mehta wrote in his judgment that Google, a unit of Alphabet, has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act by maintaining its monopoly in two product markets in the United States — general search service and general text advertising — through exclusive distribution agreements with customer companies.
>The case has been closely watched in antitrust law circles as the first of a string of cases by federal prosecutors against high-tech giants, as Washington antitrust enforcers argue that Big Tech has gotten too powerful and doesn’t serve the public interest. Lawsuits have also been filed against Amazon, Meta and Apple.
>The Justice Department had asserted that Google violated federal antitrust law contracts requiring Google search to be installed as the default on Android smartphones, among other practices that prevented its rivals from competing on an even playing field.
>Google had argued that users were free to switch their default search engine, and that it is easy to do so.
An anti trust suit was inevitable when your company name literally becomes a verb. Going to be interesting to see what the proposed remedies will be, especially because of its impact on AI.