US makes case Google leveraged power and wealth to strangle competition, spending billions on deals with Apple and Samsung
US to argue Google abused power to monopolize internet search as antitrust trial begins::US makes case Google leveraged power and wealth to strangle competition, spending billions on deals with Apple and Samsung
Google also claims its industry dominance – the government alleges it has about a 90% share of the US search market – is the result of providing a better product than its competitors.
That’s the crux of it. Over the last two decades Google HAS had a better product. But it pushes all it’s own services through it…
More like Google had the better product a decade ago. It has pretty well been crap that was just being defaulted to for most of the last decade. Which is exactly why it is ripe for an antitrust claim.
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That’s the crux of it. Over the last two decades Google HAS had a better product. But it pushes all it’s own services through it…
This will be an interesting case.
More like Google had the better product a decade ago. It has pretty well been crap that was just being defaulted to for most of the last decade. Which is exactly why it is ripe for an antitrust claim.