"Antitrust Remedies Would Cripple Google Search"
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Google CEO Says Antitrust Remedies Would Cripple Google Search
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Yeah, I love the idea of searching for something and getting **** results.
Google's own effort has crippled Google Search
...but they'll gladly take money from Google for it.
Google destroyed Google ages ago. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve told customers at my workplace that the information they’re showing me about our “promotions” or “discounts” are not real. And it’s gotten exponentially worse with AI making up garbage
I don't like Google but he's right. Asking them to share their propietary ranking methodology is just ridiculous. This is like saying that Apple should be forced to allow other manufacturers to use their M series chips.
1. Great!
2. Google Search was crippled by Google long ago. I switched to Kagi and couldn't be happier.
3. A more honest statement would be "Google CEO says antitrust remedies would cripple Google Search PROFITS."
To me the only transgression Google committed/commits is not educating users enough about what they’re giving up by using Google’s products. But once users are educated, it seems to me a fair market. Setting that huge caveat aside (since lack of transparency to consumers is not what the DoJ is penalizing), the only “problem” is that with search Google made too good of a product too early before anyone else. Penalize any anticompetitive behavior, sure, but there’s something wrong about penalizing being too good.
I don't want someone else to own the Chrome browser. I plan on going with a Chrome computer next. What good is that if the browser isn't part of Google? I say this every time, a teenager can help you change the search engine on any browser you happen to use. I fault Apple as much as anyone for this issue. I will say again, DuckDuckGo has been my search engine and home page for years! I use Google Chrome and not some Chromium knockoff. I would use Safari but Apple won't let me. I did use Safari for Windows way back when. I am very much a part of the Google Ecosystem. For me, it just works.
Google search has made that idea reality over the past decade.
It’s like saying that food manufacturers should be forced to list what they put in their products.
The clean and simple Google Search experience is already compromised and crippled.
I use Private Browsing in Safari and every single time I go to Google Search, a pop-up interrupts my typing to encourage me to switch to Chrome. It's so annoying!
I use Private Browsing in Safari and every single time I go to Google Search, a pop-up interrupts my typing to encourage me to switch to Chrome. It's so annoying!
There's a difference between a web search and ingesting something into one's body. We should absolutely know what ingredients are in the food that we eat, but doing a web search is not a "risk" in the same way.
Wait, it’s ok to rip apart corporations and their products as long as they are american and it’s done by american government and it’s not Apple?
But when the same principles apply in Europe and a fine is issued then it’s “money grab”, “politics”, etc 😆
Man, fanboys on this site are pure meme material.
But when the same principles apply in Europe and a fine is issued then it’s “money grab”, “politics”, etc 😆
Man, fanboys on this site are pure meme material.
If it's not Google, it's something else. Remember 20 years ago when using a Mac was frowned upon by most "business" people? "How can you run a business within Windows?!".... but we Mac users all knew better. These days, Google is holding that crown. People are so bombarded by the breadth of Google products and services, they think they "need" it in order to get the most out of the internet. Just more of the same monopolization of most people's limited understanding.
Google a product's review/comparison, get recommendation for fake review sites owned by one of the "reviewed" products.
Google information about anything, get recommendation for a fake article that tells you the story of that thing from the beginning of humanity so you're forced to go through 200 ads and 1000 "functional" cookie partners (if you deactivate the 4000 non-functional ones by clicking 50 switches and a barely visible "decline" button).
Google any software, get recommendation for a competitor hoping you click by mistake.
Could Google work even worse? I could click "I'm feeling lucky" and get better results.
After LLMs, I only google to find sites I already know I need in a quicker way instead of typing the whole URL. It's more of a shortcut/bookmarks system for URLs than a search engine to me and it's pretty bad at that too.
It's a bad site and it made the internet a terrible place with its business model.
Google information about anything, get recommendation for a fake article that tells you the story of that thing from the beginning of humanity so you're forced to go through 200 ads and 1000 "functional" cookie partners (if you deactivate the 4000 non-functional ones by clicking 50 switches and a barely visible "decline" button).
Google any software, get recommendation for a competitor hoping you click by mistake.
Could Google work even worse? I could click "I'm feeling lucky" and get better results.
After LLMs, I only google to find sites I already know I need in a quicker way instead of typing the whole URL. It's more of a shortcut/bookmarks system for URLs than a search engine to me and it's pretty bad at that too.
It's a bad site and it made the internet a terrible place with its business model.
What, would Google rather be forced to undo the DoubleClick acquisition? I feel like going directly at their advertising division would be more effective for antitrust than this.
