Google Antitrust Trial
The DOJ antitrust trial against Google has begun, and at least one of
the DOJ arguments I read in a brief has me almost rolling on the
floor. It appears to be claiming that, well, yeah, Google Search is
very good, but because (DOD claims) Google doesn't have effective
Search competition, Google hasn't "innovated" as fast as they would
have with strong competition, and that this lack of being better than
they are now hurts consumers.
I'm by no means an antitrust expert, but I really don't think "it
didn't get as good as fast as it might have in some alternate universe
because there wasn't strong competition" is what the "user harm"
aspects of antitrust law is all about!
And I continue to assert that in my entire life since the dawn of
Google, I have never heard an ordinary user (not some sort of
politician or activist, etc.) say that were concerned that Google
didn't have more competition. In fact, Google has plenty of
competition that are easy to access, and the reason more people don't
use them is that they still prefer Google's results overall. Period.
Q.E.D.
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--Lauren--
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