[xyzzy9563]

Why should shareholders have to suffer just because the Google engineers were good at their job?

[stackskipton]

The verdict makes it's clear that Google got to its position via anti competitive practices which are illegal.

However, for whatever reason, the judge decided that penalty was basically slap on the wrist and finger wagging.

[xyzzy9563]

Everyone is free to make their own search engine. The consumers choose Google time and time again.

[solardev]

Because the overall well-being of a society is supposedly more important than a few shareholders' wealth?

[Workaccount2]

Probably about 60% of Americans are Google shareholders.

Not saying we should favor share price over all else, but far more than a few wealthy shareholders will be the benefactors of this.

[xyzzy9563]

Do you know of any societies in the world that have a high quality of life but don’t have wealthy shareholders?

[GuinansEyebrows]

bluntly, because incentives for investors to benefit from anticompetitive practices should be removed, in order to deter those anticompetitive practices. regulation works when you let it.