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

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 12:17:06PM -0400, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote:
> Evan,
> The antitrust case is not about browsers. It is entirely about the search
> engine access provided, say on a phone or  a computer, when someone opens  a
> browser like Firefox and wants to search.
> The distinction is important Legally, because Google's defense is that their
> search  tool is the best technology so..it should be the default.
> However Google  used their money to insure a market advantage  by paying
> companies to make it the default, which impacts  user decisions in the end.
> Does that make sense?

Well I would say google had the best search for many years which is what
made them popular.  These days their search is terrible.  I don't know if
there is anyone actually good out there, because google probably killed
of most of the search competition over the years, so now they don't have
to be good anymore and can prioritize other things instead.

Google search is not quite as bad as search on amazon, but they are
heading in that direction.

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Len Sorensen