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Google Search is an illegal monopoly — what happens now? (www.theverge.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A federal judge has ruled that Google has an illegal monopoly in the US. “The market reality is that Google is the only real choice” as the default search engine, Judge Amit Mehta said in his decision, and he determined it had gotten that way unfairly. It’s a ruling that could portend big changes for the company, but we yet don’t know how big, and we might not for years.

Mehta declared on Monday that Google was liable for violating antitrust laws, vindicating the Department of Justice and a coalition of states that sued the tech giant in 2020. The next step — deciding on remedies for its illegal conduct — begins next month. Both parties must submit a proposed schedule for remedy proceedings by September 4th and then appear at a status conference on September 6th.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

default what?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Default search engine on their browser?

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Google pays Firefox a lot of cash to be the default search engine on their browser.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I thought the money was to protect their monopoly status.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's saying the quiet part loud

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

It's important though because if that's the real reason Google pays them, they could come up with some other excuse to give them the money.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So now we need to make sure we keep supporting Firefox. I have a feeling that most people who can choose, do in fact coose firefox, and the majority of chrome users do so because it's on their business or student computers.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

How does one support Firefox in a post Google paying them world?

I know the Mozilla foundation takes donations but it doesn't seem like those go to Firefox development. Maybe I'm wrong though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I'm not sure, but non profits have made millions in the past, and they were supposed to pass the money on to someone else, such as the corrupt Susan G. Komen, but did not. So yeah, Mozilla could be supported by donations alone.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Some of it does. But currently a lot of it doesn't because they can rely on the google funding. You can also donate volunteering time to Mozilla projects you want to support like Firefox or Thunderbird

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A lot goes on the CEO's $7,000,000 salary.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah. The CEO class needs to be eliminated from the upper stratus of society. If you think monetary donations to Mozilla aren't worth it as a result, I get it, and I'm right there with you. I don't donate money. But also... In the browser space if money is what you want to donate, it might be the best route.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Do you really think Google will give up on their pole position because of this verdict?