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EU Fines Google $1.02B for Favoring Its Own Services

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Re: EU Fines Google $1.02B for Favoring Its Own Services

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It drives me insane when in Europe the link between Google Search and Google Maps is broken and I often have to copy paste an address between the two. Thanks EU, what if I like Google's integrations?

I've come to see this kind of response as sort of akin to "but what if I like driving my old clunker car that gets 15mpg and spews smog"? It's not wrong exactly, but it just amounts to saying "I became accustomed to receiving certain benefits before we as a society became fully aware of the accompanying costs, and I just want to maintain the lifestyle I've become accustomed to". I think in the end the costs of the convenience provided by these kinds of things simply aren't worth it and are a net negative for our world.

Re: EU Fines Google $1.02B for Favoring Its Own Services

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I'm blaming Google for this, but most people just don't know why it happens. Probably they'll end up mandating that Google must show a notice with the reason and it will be implemented in the worst possible way. All of these hissy fits Google and Apple are throwing are just making me wanting to use them less and less and I'm doing my best to explain how tech companies are doing malicious compliance to others.

How about EU starts legistlating towards a competitive market and creates its own web search Tech Giant ? So Google is forced to take competitor to account or will be pushed out of the market ? No? Better to complain and do nothing positive? Welcome to EU Parliment.

How about Google obeys the law and stops abusing their position?

Re: EU Fines Google $1.02B for Favoring Its Own Services

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Why are you blaming the EU and not Google's malicious compliance? They could simply ask you which map provider you'd like to use.

Nobody is forcing me to use Google search, regardless of all the browser and search engine selection clown show, so much wasted money and time for nonexisting problem

Nobody has to force you to use Google search for this to be a problem.
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