• smokingManhole@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    They are still going to pursue it, just under a different name and rolling-out timeline. What they changed is only the way they are announcing it publicly.

    It’s going to be “DRM for the Web, but with extra steps”.

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      11 months ago

      Lets call it what it is, googles attempt to create a situation in which they can ban all competition and establish a global monopoly.

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        11 months ago

        I partially agree. They created a monopoly because they offer the best search engine service. You can’t be accused of making a monopoly if your competition is embarrassingly bad and no one wants to use any service but yours.

        What they are doing now, regardless of how they gained this monopoly, is ensuring that every cow that feeds on the grass of their field yields profitable milk.

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          11 months ago

          Noone would care if they only had a monopoly in the search engine market. But they are also the biggest ad network, email provider and browser maker, and they also own the (effectively only) video platform.

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      11 months ago

      meanwhile apple already did it without even asking.