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To: Borges

Someone could start a website and build data centers but google and others would block searches, comments about new competitor, agreements with other sites not to use their search. The article below was longer earlier in the day but is now a snippet of what I saw.

Google had agreements blocking competitors
https://www.fastcompany.com/90322678/google-hit-with-another-eu-antitrust-fine-the-grand-total-now-comes-to-e8-2b

Google didn’t allow its AdSense customers to feature rival search engines on their sites.

Another article about fine
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/20/business/google-fine-european-union.html


27 posted on 03/20/2019 9:20:49 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (My sister said the only thing that did not was the clock. GE has spare parts)
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To: minnesota_bound

Google is another story. I was strictly speaking about Facebook.


29 posted on 03/20/2019 10:46:32 AM PDT by Borges
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