Google's Antitrust Case: DOJ Proves Illegal Search Monopoly Practices
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Slow-proofed and worth the wait. Worth its weight in flour.
Summary
Cory Doctorow discusses the Google antitrust case where the Department of Justice successfully proved Google illegally maintained a search monopoly, controlling 90% of the market through anticompetitive practices that made search worse while locking out competitors. The article expresses frustration about the legal outcome and implications for the tech industry.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledWell, fuck.
The DoJ lawyers beat Google like a drum, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that Google had deliberately sought to create and maintain a monopoly over search
the company that controls 90% of search attained that control by illegal means
having thus illegitimately become the first port of call for the information
Article URL: https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/03/unpunishing-process/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45120050
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