Swedish court says Google is to pay $1.5B to Klarna in antitrust damages

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 12:57 PM UTC

iLoveOncall wrote: post #20

namdnay wrote: post #8

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"Why would Microsoft NOT favor it's own browser in it's own OS? How is that illegal?"

You may not like it but I agree it shouldn't be illegal. If competitors aren't happy they can make their own OS. At this point can you make a custom task manager and sue Microsoft to propose users to install your task manager on first boot? What about background image providers, why doesn't Microsoft propose to install background images from them at first boot? It's an absolutely ridiculous idea. They should not bloc…

Post by vrganj » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 12:59 PM UTC

_el1s7 wrote: post #4

> PriceRunner is considered to have suffered damage as a result of Google having illegally favoured its price comparison service for many years Why would Google NOT favor it's own service at it's own product? How is that illegal?

Post by vrganj » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 1:01 PM UTC

brainwad wrote: post #11

raychis wrote: post #2

$1.5B is significant, but the bigger question is whether this actually changes how dominant platforms rank their own services. Is this real accountability for anti-competitive behaviour, or just another cost of doing business for Big Tech? My cynicism is tell me that unfortunately it is the latter.

IMO the fines do have an effect - Google now withholds a lot of launches from the EU, sometimes temporarily until they have time to have lawyers check them against DMA requirements, but mostly permanently. Ironically the part of Google most likely to persist in launching for the EU is Ads, since money is at stake. All the free, consumer-benefiting services are most likely to be curtailed in the face of aggressive reg…

Post by IsTom » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 1:05 PM UTC

spunker540 wrote: post #16

namdnay wrote: post #8

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"Why would Microsoft NOT favor it's own browser in it's own OS? How is that illegal?"

Last I checked they still do exactly that. Not sure why that case is used as an example when literally every OS bundles a preferred browser

Post by piva00 » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 1:10 PM UTC

carlosjobim wrote: post #25

bevekspldnw wrote: post #6

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Why would Swedish courts NOT favor their own national economic interests? How is that illegal?

Well if the Swedish courts stomp on Google in the name of national interest, maybe the US will stomp on Sweden in the name of national interest. Now consider where Klarna gets the most of their money from.