Google at the center of antitrust probes

by bchjam on 6/24/2011, 2:54 PM with 11 comments
  • by VMG on 6/24/2011, 4:54 PM

    TFA: [Google] has been accused by competitors of favoring its own services over rivals in its search results

    This is what is wrong with antitrust laws. The definition is so vague that anything can be construed as anti-competitive. Hopefully they don't dismantle Google like they dismantled ALCOLA

    http://reason.com/archives/2001/11/01/antitrusts-greatest-hi...

  • by jswinghammer on 6/24/2011, 5:00 PM

    I wish the government would stay out of these matters. If you don't want to use a single Google product you as a consumer don't have to. Google provides a very high quality product and competitors don't like it. I don't like it when my competition is better than me either but I don't think to file lawsuits about it.

    I think these cases is about making a statement rather than improving anything for consumers. The attitude of consumers is pretty clear given that most everyone uses Google. If I felt like I was being deprived of good search results I would switch.

    How many people here on HN have wondered if Google is in decline anyway? I know it's occurred to me. What is the government hoping to do with this case?

  • by immortalbeast on 6/24/2011, 5:59 PM

    This is not Google's year.

    Bing grabs market share from Google over past year

    Google has lost close to 16 percent of its share, dropping to 63.6 percent from 73.9 percent. At the same time, Microsoft grew its share by 75 percent, jumping to 17 percent from 9.7 percent.

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20072914-75/bing-grabs-mar...

  • by bhartzer on 6/24/2011, 3:48 PM

    why does this not surprise me?