[bg24]

Hope this gets nixed. It might be a relevant case back in 2020, but no longer a valid case now. From the wikipedia case:

"The suit alleges that Google has violated the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 by illegally monopolizing the search engine and search advertising markets, most notably on Android devices, as well as with Apple and mobile carriers."

Where will be the search monopoly by Google in 2025? If search monopoly slowly evaporates, where will be the advertising monopoly?

[ethbr1]

Google's entire argument against being regulated has been 'We're not monopolizing search, people choose to use us!'

The latter part also happens to conveniently be true when you buy all the available space that a competitor would need -- default placement in Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Android.

You don't get to rig the game and then claim the results actually demonstrate everyone naturally loves you.

[pcr0]

On the flip side, if default placement was eliminated and browsers asked users which search engine they'd like on first launch...I still believe most users would pick Google anyway and the main loser would be Firefox as search engine placement is the majority of their revenue.

Furthermore, ChatGPT reaching 100m users in 2 months also suggests that browser placement isn't the biggest factor into where users send their queries.

[wbl]

The completion is a click away. If you can't deliver enough value for people to change the defaults or go to your site are you really doing a better job?