See our companion piece about X vs GARM that goes hand in hand with this topic.
Google has, once again, been busted practicing anti-competitive ways–and has, once again, been brought before the courts.
This should come as no surprise, in light of the most recent developments in A.I., and what Google has perpetrated with their A.I. summaries on their search page. This act alone has broken the website ecosystem and tanked ad revenue by, in some cases, 80% to 90%. That decision and design choice now prevents the average Googler from leaving search and visiting a website, therefore allowing Google to pocket excess ad revenue, and not pay out to website holders.
On its face, this may seem very benign. In light of the sheer magnitude of dollars spent, however, on exclusivity contracts for search, default search deals, and other various details brought up by the DOJ, it’s clear that Google has been suffocating competition that they didn’t want. Alternatively, they would just outright purchase the businesses before it could realize its full potential.
When one considers the lack of competitors for search, the fact that there are little to no competitors on existing phone platforms, and it is very difficult to find competitors on desktop, the DOJ makes a near ironclad case.
Despite Google’s protest about being a quality product, the judges ruled that Google is in fact acting monopolistically, while dismissing some other secondary claims simultaneously.
This ruling can lead to a mountain of monumental changes within the InterWebz. Will Google get broken up, much like Bell did back in the 80s? This change led to Bell South, Bell North, and AT&T once upon a time. Could something like this come to Google’s table? Will they just be fined, with no changes? Justice in Corporate Law seems a bit mediocre, if not lacking, in recent years so that is quite a feasible occurrence.
All in all, the truth will likely be in the middle. Google could be forced to include options for the default built-in search engine on Android, as well as the default video platform options, as well as a hefty fine. Whatever happens, Laggin’ Out will be watching this situation as it develops, as well, to bring updates as they occur.
Other Topics Discussed on This Live…
- NEW TECH AND X SUING GARM AND ADVERTISING CABALS
- MANGA STUDIOS TRANSITION TO A.I. TRANSLATIONS
- Citing activist localizers pushing inaccurate translations
- LARIAN RELEASES STATISTICS ON MOST KISSED CHARACTER IN BALDUR’S GATE
- Watch the stream to find out who it is (like we don’t know)
- BUNGIE LEADS LEAVE THE COMPANY
- What is this doing to Destiny 2
- HASBRO COPYRIGHT STRIKING YOUTUBE CREATORS
- For showing the newly released PHB?
- TEAM FOLON (Fallout London Devs) NEWS AND UPDATES
- Working rapidly to release hotfix to address crash issues
- GAMEINFORMER SHUTDOWN BY GAMESTOP
- THE INDIECUP HAS NOMINATIONS!
- Starship Simulator is one of them
To see the Live stream, check out the following link. The Google vs DOJ topic begins around the 36 minute mark.
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