Googles stock was up yesterday which tells you how much weight this lawsuit actually has.
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How will you feel when Apple gets sued over their App Store tactics?
couldn’t apple be broken up into several companies the same way? Not being a smart ass, genuinely curious
they have music,tv, telecommunications, etc
Actually, stop comparing a browser to a search engine...Actually it’s worse. At its peak, it’s estimated that I.E. had roughly 70% market share. Very dominant.
Earlier this year, Google had nearly 89% search market share. That’s insane.
This can be fixed by Apple not accepting an estimated 7 billion dollars to make Google the default and when setting up a new phone, provide users with multiple providers and Let them pick.
Even if it is as dominant... people choose this on their own. It's idiotic for anyone to sue over it.There are other search engines (like Duck Duck Go and Bing), so I'm not sure if the DOJ has a strong case. Google is certainly the most-used search engine, but it's not as dominant as IE was back in the 90s. Most people might leave Google as the default on iPhones, but they aren't forced to.
That would suck for the customers. Would I have to search two different services to find the site or video I want. Would you tubers have to upload their content to two different services? Would YouTube1 get some channels and youtube2 get another channels?
That would suck for the customers. Would I have to search two different services to find the site or video I want. Would you tubers have to upload their content to two different services? Would YouTube1 get some channels and youtube2 get another channels?
Wonder if the Apple App Store execs are feeling a bit squirmy in their seats...
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Yeah all the big tech companies are getting a little worried right now. . its time to Annie up big fellas .![]()
“Break them up”
“Break them up”
Putting aside several peculiarities about this sudden lawsuit. Did everyone chanting to have them broken up completely forget that Google already was split up??? Alphabet? What year are all these comments from?
And I don’t see why the DoJ is lashing out just at Google for their default setting on Apple devices. There are two parties in a contract. And it’s probably not like Google put a bullet to Apple’s heads to agree to it.
A bit hypocritical to mob against Google, when Apple is just as much to be blamed for supporting Google’s monopoly.
Um... Gopher is a protocol, not a search engine. I know, because I used it in my university days in 1991/2... and then the World Wide Web came along. But nice attempt at a flex...![]()
How do you force users to choose other options? And is it protecting consumers to tell them to choose a different search engine than they would prefer?
What bothers me the most is that they’re going after the beneficial part of Google, search, and completely sidestepping how tech is handling and mishandling personal data. Personally, I think that’s where the problems are but it would likely require action by the legislative branch rather than the executive branch— so much harder to make progress...I'm often pessimistic about the US, but when I try to think of what I like about my country, one thing—besides the people—are the great software companies we have. Our operating systems are the operating systems of the world. It's unusual that so much tech comes from one country with a population smaller than that of the EU for example. Google is a great American company. This is something we actually do well. I'm actually pretty far left which would ordinarily coincide with being more regulatory, but I don't see the great benefit of this. Take Google down a notch to what end? For China to come out with a competing service?
Proof that bad behaviour is learned. Google used to be the good guys.
Do you not think 89% of iPhone users would pick google. Ordinary people dont search the we they google stuff. People will always pick google and thats why apple might as we get paid for it in their eyesActually it’s worse. At its peak, it’s estimated that I.E. had roughly 70% market share. Very dominant.
Earlier this year, Google had nearly 89% search market share. That’s insane.
This can be fixed by Apple not accepting an estimated 7 billion dollars to make Google the default and when setting up a new phone, provide users with multiple providers and Let them pick.
I think they call it a double standard. There are plenty of Apple fanatics on here that suffer the same affliction.I honestly always found it odd that Apple puts such a large emphasis on privacy (literally creating ads saying what happens on iPhone stays on iPhone) and yet every spotlight search or Siri query you perform that it can't interpret gets sent straight to Google.
If Apple were serious about our privacy this is one of the major parts they should alter. Create your own search engine or buy one and bring it in-house with the same privacy focus as other aspects of the operating system.
Also I knew Apple was getting paid but for it to be 8-12 billion which is 15-20% of Apple's net income worldwide .. that's insanely high and I can see why our privacy means nothing when you look at these numbers.
They don't have the courage of their convictions, privacy isn't as important to them as they would have you think. Do I blame them?Do you not think 89% of iPhone users would pick google. Ordinary people dont search the we they google stuff. People will always pick google and thats why apple might as we get paid for it in their eyes
I could be wrong but I was under the impression that google gets less analytics from safari than other browsers, additionally the fact 90% of people will want google as their defaults, can you imagine the moaning and complaining from ordinary people if it wasn't the default. So if you apple you might as well get paid for it right.They don't have the courage of their convictions, privacy isn't as important to them as they would have you think. Do I blame them?
Not really.