Law Google has been ruled a monopoly

[BjPenn2017]

“WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google broke the law with an illegal monopoly on online search, a federal judge ruled on Monday, the first big win for U.S. antitrust authorities who have filed several lawsuits challenging Big Tech's market dominance.
The ruling paves the way for a second trial to determine potential fixes, possibly including a breakup of Alphabet, that would change the landscape of the online advertising world that Google has dominated for years.”

https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-rules-google-broke-antitrust-law-search-case-2024-08-05/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20Aug%205%20(Reuters),challenging%20Big%20Tech's%20market%20dominance.

This is pretty big news, a lot of people been saying google has a monopoly on the internet for awhile now. What is everyone’s opinion on this, you guys think this is a good or a bad thing?
Personally I never thought we’d see something like this, seems like a big step in the right direction.

 

[7even]

“WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google broke the law with an illegal monopoly on online search, a federal judge ruled on Monday, the first big win for U.S. antitrust authorities who have filed several lawsuits challenging Big Tech's market dominance.
The ruling paves the way for a second trial to determine potential fixes, possibly including a breakup of Alphabet, that would change the landscape of the online advertising world that Google has dominated for years.”

https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-rules-google-broke-antitrust-law-search-case-2024-08-05/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20Aug%205%20(Reuters),challenging%20Big%20Tech's%20market%20dominance.

This is pretty big news, a lot of people been saying google has a monopoly on the internet for awhile now. What is everyone’s opinion on this, you guys think this is a good or a bad thing?
Personally I never thought we’d see something like this, seems like a big step in the right direction.

It’s a good thing. For awhile when you google Trump, you get Kamila instead. They are becoming anti democratic and trying to manipulate people to think in a way that suits their agenda. Kind of fucked up and evil.

 

[EndlessCritic]

The ultimate effect of all of this is the government saying, "You now have to pay the extra monopoly tax", and then it will be business as usual.

 

[Fedorgasm]

I think it's a good thing.

Facebook should be next. They engage in many anti competitive practices and their marketplace is pretty close to a monopoly. They've almost ended craigslist.

 

[nhbbear]

I googled this and couldn’t find anything

 

[scorpiorising]

I switched off Google like a year ago.... not because of any political stuff really, just that it began to suck.

I'd google something and it would try and steer me towards something else. It used to be the best for a long time.

 

[Lord_Impaler]

I switched off Google like a year ago.... not because of any political stuff really, just that it began to suck.

I'd google something and it would try and steer me towards something else. It used to be the best for a long time.

What do you suggest as the best alternative?

 

[bandicoot]

What do you suggest as the best alternative?

Ask Jeeves and Alta Vista are both great.

 

[Lord_Impaler]

Ask Jeeves and Alta Vista are both great.

 

[avenue94]

It’s a good thing. For awhile when you google Trump, you get Kamila instead. They are becoming anti democratic and trying to manipulate people to think in a way that suits their agenda. Kind of fucked up and evil.

Why would Google do this when Trump would reduce the antitrust investigations that the Biden administration started?

 

[HereticBD]

Google right now:

 

[emefer]

The world is becoming a monopoly soon to be owned by GloboChem

 

[scorpiorising]

What do you suggest as the best alternative?

Duckduckgo I find to be pretty good. I'm sure there's others

 

[chardog]

I switched off Google like a year ago.... not because of any political stuff really, just that it began to suck.

I'd google something and it would try and steer me towards something else. It used to be the best for a long time.

Been at least 3-4 years at this point, it’s natural at this point, i don’t really use google outside of YouTube.

Same reason, can’t find anything…..

 

[Cherry Brigand]

Any company that gets valued at a trillion dollars is a monopoly. There's no way around that.

 

[Two Crows]

That's a tough argument, particularly with Yahoo being Microsoft's default search client.

I'm guessing the judge was evaluating by mobile phone users?

Still a tough argument. Plenty of alternatives out there.

 

[rearnakedchoke]

Excite is the way to go.

 

[Luthien]

I'd google something and it would try and steer me towards something else.

THIS- same on YouTube, very frustrating

 

[NastyNinja]

pretty sure the upset people wanted to look up porn of a certain girl and got mad they had to hit the config button even tho they set it to "show all"...

 

[Osculater]

I use Bing for the pr0n