DOJ's antitrust lawsuit rests on the paternalistic theory that Google's search dominance must be bad – even though consumers overwhelmingly prefer it.
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“love”

jfc it’s a soulless faceless megacorp. This shit must have been published right out of Minitrue.

ZephyrXero
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Google has had monopoly power over both search and online ads for well over a decade, it’s way past time

That is the definition of a monopoly. The real question for the courts is if they are using that power in an anti-competitive way.

“We don’t have a monopoly! Just Google it!”

A government is supposed to be paternalistic. Why have a government if it isn’t?

daddyjones
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No - being a monopoly makes it a monopoly…

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I didn’t read this opinion piece and jumped straight to the bottom to see who wrote it. I wasn’t surprised:

Barbara Comstock is a former congresswoman and delegate from Virginia and a senior adviser at Baker Donelson. She also was a senior Justice Department official during the Bush administration.

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