Europe Accuses Google of Monopoly Abuse 211
bonch writes "European antitrust regulators are set to issue a 400-page statement of objections accusing Google of 'abuse of dominance' next month, the result of an investigation launched last year after complaints from rivals that Google manipulated ad pricing and barred advertisers from running ads on rival sites. If found guilty, Google could be fined up to 10% of its annual turnover, which is about $3 billion. Microsoft avoided a similar fine when it settled its European antitrust case and included a 'browser ballot' in Windows."
Re:Oh my god the sky is falling (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:End Game (Score:5, Interesting)
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Re:Google is not even hiding it anymore (Score:3, Interesting)
Makes no sense, to me (Score:5, Interesting)
Google is not the only company providing a search engine, and Google cannot vendor-lock anybody. What is the problem?
Also, how come Microsoft has been allowed to get away with brazen monopolistic abuse, 100 times worse than anything Google could possibly do, for decades?
For example, Microsoft was caught, red handed, bribing officials during the OOXML scam; but that's okay?
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