This is an astonishing victory for Google, they must be very happy about it. They get basically everything they want (keeping it all in the tent), plus a negotiating position on search deals where they can refuse something because they can't do it now. Quite why the judge is so concerned about the rise of AI factoring in here is beyond me. It's fundamentally an anticompetitive decision.
Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts
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#532Court's statements: 2024: "Google abused its monopoly position for search dominance" 2025: "Punishing Google now would be unreasonable because its dominance is under threat by AI" Wrist slapped. Somebody got their bag. Over to you, EU.
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#533> Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts Hurray. I _love_ capitalism. Everything is for sale. Kids CEOs, rememember: Every looby cent is a good spent cent. Pay it forward.
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#534Apple stock is up 3%, strongly implying that this ruling is good for Apple as well. That is in contradiction to a lot of folks saying that this ruling means Google won't have to pay Apple. While the terms of the deal with Apple will likely change, based on the stock price increase, Apple will likely end up with a different deal (if not better). Another thing to note, contrary to some comments, is that Google is still…
> Apple stock is up 3%, strongly implying that this ruling is good for Apple as well. It's been decades since stock market represented reality. If that was the case TSLA wouldn't shoot up on every report showing massive revenue loss. The stock market is one big meme wheel.
That is what I would expect in "reality".
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#535This is an astonishing victory for Google, they must be very happy about it. They get basically everything they want (keeping it all in the tent), plus a negotiating position on search deals where they can refuse something because they can't do it now. Quite why the judge is so concerned about the rise of AI factoring in here is beyond me. It's fundamentally an anticompetitive decision.
One would assume the appeal is over the data-sharing requirements, which does feel a little bit like sharing the secret sauce with competitors.
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#537Earlier quoted context omitted.
Safari has been better for going on 5 years now, funny thing is it was worse for long enough that it seems everyone, even to this day, refuses to believe it. Faster in basically every dimension. Supporting way more than FF in terms of specs. Way more efficient on battery. Better feeling scroll, better UI.
Agreed. Only thing lacking is the multi Google account/profile support
Similarly with Safari 17 on macOS.
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#539This is an astonishing victory for Google, they must be very happy about it. They get basically everything they want (keeping it all in the tent), plus a negotiating position on search deals where they can refuse something because they can't do it now. Quite why the judge is so concerned about the rise of AI factoring in here is beyond me. It's fundamentally an anticompetitive decision.
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#540> Plaintiffs overreached in seeking forced divestiture of these key assets, which Google did not use to effect any illegal restraints. This is the problem. It doesn't matter if they used those specific assets to perpetrate these specific acts. The overall market power derived from those assets (and many others) taints everything they do. There is no way to effectively curtail monopoly power by selectively limiting th…