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European Parliament votes in favour of breaking up Google

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Re: European Parliament votes in favour of breaking up Google

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Post by marak830 »

I cant see how their a monolopy. I almost switched to bing, except its results were not accurate enough for me. I tried different email hosts but i was getting too much spam. I dont touch google+ so that wasnt an option.

There is competition but (in my opinion) dont do enough or arnt what i want. There isnt any way i see google stiffling competition that i can see as i have tried quite a few (and do use them on occasion), to me it seems as if its more because their not a european produce (as techdirt originaly noted and seemed to ring true to me).

Re: European Parliament votes in favour of breaking up Google

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Post by Elrac »

As someone living in Europe, I think they don't realize that, in a way, Google is bigger than the European Parliament. The citizens of Europe barely take the European Parliament seriously, and there's not much reason for Google to.

I happen to be a fan of Duck Duck Go. But I think Google can do without Europe more easily than Europe can do without Google.

There's no need to go to extremes, either. Just like Microsoft, Google can simply buy enough of the European Parliament to get them to quietly change their minds.

Re: European Parliament votes in favour of breaking up Google

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Post by celticninja »

FreakyT wrote: post #2

It's pretty clear that this and other their other specifically anti-Google rulings are about protectionism and nothing more.

what are they protecting? Its not as if there are small european based search engines that are failing to compete with Google who would benefit fromt his action.

Re: European Parliament votes in favour of breaking up Google

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Post by celticninja »

marak830 wrote: post #4

I cant see how their a monolopy. I almost switched to bing, except its results were not accurate enough for me. I tried different email hosts but i was getting too much spam. I dont touch google+ so that wasnt an option. There is competition but (in my opinion) dont do enough or arnt what i want. There isnt any way i see google stiffling competition that i can see as i have tried quite a few (and do use them on occas…

well i kind of deciphered your comment, but I dont see how this has anything to do with Google not being european. There is no european counterpart who would benefit from this outcome, the biggest benefit would be to Microsoft (Bing) andother American company and probably a whole host of other US tech companies.

Re: European Parliament votes in favour of breaking up Google

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Post by brador »

Elrac wrote: post #5

As someone living in Europe, I think they don't realize that, in a way, Google is bigger than the European Parliament. The citizens of Europe barely take the European Parliament seriously, and there's not much reason for Google to. I happen to be a fan of Duck Duck Go. But I think Google can do without Europe more easily than Europe can do without Google. There's no need to go to extremes, either. Just like Microsoft…

You know collectively Europe is the largest economy in the world? It's not something any company can just shrug away.

I believe the goal of this and recent similar decisions is to fracture the internet, allowing for easier law making and rent seeking.

Re: European Parliament votes in favour of breaking up Google

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Post by Elrac »

brador wrote: post #8
Elrac wrote: post #5

As someone living in Europe, I think they don't realize that, in a way, Google is bigger than the European Parliament. The citizens of Europe barely take the European Parliament seriously, and there's not much reason for Google to. I happen to be a fan of Duck Duck Go. But I think Google can do without Europe more easily than Europe can do without Google. There's no need to go to extremes, either. Just like Microsoft…

You know collectively Europe is the largest economy in the world? It's not something any company can just shrug away. I believe the goal of this and recent similar decisions is to fracture the internet, allowing for easier law making and rent seeking.

I know that. But I think you fail to realize that Europe is not the same as its government, just as the US is not the same as the US government.

The analogy isn't perfect, but the citizens of the US want drugs. The American government pours untold billions into its War on Drugs, and as a result there are more drugs available in the US than ever before. Similarly, Europe's Internet users want a smart, convenient master index to the Internet; and they're not likely to knuckle under as docilely as the population of China, whose government has been at least partially successful in locking Google out.

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