A judge ruled that Google’s ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation.

“WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge on Monday ruled that Google’s ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation in a seismic decision that could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world’s best-known companies…”

  • TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee
    29·
    5 months ago

    Just because it’s losing market share doesn’t mean it’s not a monopoly, let alone an illegal one.

      • TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee
        4·
        5 months ago

        Then you should also not like how Google has a history of making their sites, which are market leaders in many cases including search, perform worse on browsers other than Chrome. That is considered anti-competitive behavior.