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US Court Rules Google a Monopoly in 'Biggest Antitrust Case of the 21st Century'. (www.commondreams.org)
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Voice Of America: Google loses massive antitrust case over its search dominance.

The Conversation: A US Court has ruled Google is an illegal monopoly – and the internet might never be the same.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Did you read the articles? The judge acknowledged that Google is widely recognized as the best general purpose search engine but that part of why they are used so often is because of Google paying people to make Google the default search option which many people never change.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Doesn't matter, there's alternatives therefore it's not a monopoly, that's was the point I was replying to. I'm not the one making the rules or definitions!