In response to news that Judge Amit Mehta has sided with the Department of Justice Antitrust Division in its case against Google—ruling that Google violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act by maintaining its monopoly in general search services and general text advertising through its billion dollar exc...
  • Mactan@lemmy.mlEnglish
    5·
    3 months ago

    and how many years will they be appealing it before they pay some pitiful settlement and keep on going business as usual

    • footfaults [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      It’ll def be killed at the supreme Court. They just had a couple lawsuits like this where they got tossed out because it “didn’t impact consumer prices” or some bullshit like that.

      Or was it the FTC basically saying that you can only have a monopoly if it’s raining on a Tuesday on Mars