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

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

[top-posting for Karen]

Our policy has been: no attachments.
But links are fine.

"force users to have default access to Google's search engine only." is 
too strong a phrase.  More like "makes google the default search engine.
A user can easily override that default for any individual search or for 
all future searches.  But defaults are powerful.

Non-profits can do business: they can go beyond donations.  They must not 
make much net profit over the longer term.  For example, I spend a lot of 
money buying parking from hospital foundations.


> From: Karen Lewellen via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
> To: D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh at mimosa.com>, GTALUG Talk <talk at gtalug.org>
> Cc: Karen Lewellen <klewellen at shellworld.net>
> Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 11:59:40 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Google is ruled a monopoly so Firefox is at serious risk
> 
> 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
> 
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> 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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