[GTALUG] Google is ruled a monopoly so Firefox is at serious risk

[Karen Lewellen]

Well..its not quite this simple.
Starting with a question?  can attachments be sent to the list?
My  media hat on, its because I have a copy of this ruling, but you can find 
it as well. i suggest using duckduckgo instead of  Google though.
The correct situation is that Google is violating antitrust laws by paying 
companies , and apparently  that includes Mozilla   for them to force users 
to  have default access to Google's search engine only.
What I find really concerning about what you share though may be a 
misconception on my part.
I have always believed that Mozilla was a nonprofit organization.
Meaning that Google would be donating funding to Mozilla..then taking that 
same amount off their taxes to create an antitrust situation..which 
speaking personally  feels both illegal and immoral on several levels for 
me.
Anyway, the ruling, which will be challenged in court for many many years, 
will require google to stop buying competitors out of the search engine 
market, allowing end users to choose what search tool they want instead.
As I said,i have a copy of the decision,  there is allot of press on the 
case.
Kare




On Tue, 13 Aug 2024, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:

> Apparently 90% of Mozilla's funding comes from Google.
> Google pays that money to be the default search engine for Firefox.
> Google may have to stop.
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