Google gets to keep Chrome, judge rules in search antitrust case
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I think they're referring to Firefox's funding, a lot of which was through search deals
An article from 5 years ago: https://www.pcmag.com/news/mozilla-signs-lucrative-3-year-google-search-deal-for-firefox
edit: seems like that hasn't changed by this ruling either
United States District Judge Amit Mehta has ruled that Google can continue to pay other companies, including browser makers like Mozilla, to be their default search engine.
Google Can Continue Paying for Firefox Search Deal, Judge Rules
US judge in antitrust case rules Google can keep paying Mozilla and other companies for default search placement, but bans exclusive contracts.
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Thank you for clarifying.
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How disappointing but expected. I'm not even sure what would break googles search engine dominance outside of search engines becoming obsolete. I use DDG and I find it to be better than google but still so many people stand by google search with strong loyalty.
Barring them from offering exclusive deals, which allows competitors to get in the mix at places like Mozilla.
I did not come up with this idea, this was one of the remedies the Judge chose. @Squiddork@lemmy.world Telling them to drop Chrome was just flashy talk.
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Who cares about chrome? Of all the things Chrome is the easiest to replace. Android is the real deal.
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So they found Google guilty of monopolistic practices then agreed to do nothing about it.
Sounds about right.
Welcome to the capitalistic oligarchy!
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So they found Google guilty of monopolistic practices then agreed to do nothing about it.
Sounds about right.
it's not even close to being over yet
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They need to maintain compatibility with play services to access apps on play store.
Also, starting with OnUI 8 bootloader unlocking is no longer supported. On OxugenOS 16 its only allowed with restrictions. The hardening is already started.
allowing 3rd party app installs is not required for play services
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i use ecosia, it works :3
Never heard of it! I’ll check it out
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I see the checks to Trump cleared!
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Who cares about chrome? Of all the things Chrome is the easiest to replace. Android is the real deal.
The problem is Chromium.
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Just don't do it again mmmkay?
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Barring them from offering exclusive deals, which allows competitors to get in the mix at places like Mozilla.
I did not come up with this idea, this was one of the remedies the Judge chose. @Squiddork@lemmy.world Telling them to drop Chrome was just flashy talk.
I dont think that would help because chrome would offer good by default and apple would offer chrome by default for the "best experience" and they dont need the money. Then alternative browsers with an already low market share would get paid less to offer other search engines. Its risky to ship a non google search by default.
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Funny how experiences can be so different. I find Apple Maps much better than Google maps.
Exactly why the freedom for users to choose between different software is so important
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I see the checks to Trump cleared!
You are spot on.
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I highly doubt AOSP can't mantain itself, and that manufacturers could build from it and do whatever.
It'd probably take some sort of Linux Foundation style arrangement with manufacturers supporting a neutral team built from Google's Android division.
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allowing 3rd party app installs is not required for play services
I never said it was. Not sure what you mean.
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I think that was mainly solved (here in the EU at least) by requiring a choice of search engine when first opening a browser.
I don't remember this being enforced.
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Ecosia uses google, no?
Microsoft Bing.
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I very much dislike Google but constantly search stuff on DDG, with little to no success. Then I’ll add !g to the front, and a decent chunk of the time what I’m looking for is top 3, not including all the sponsored shit.
Are there specific ways you search for DDG to be better?
I moved to DDG because I felt Google results were getting worse. You would search for something specific and instead just get varying degrees of the same article on different sites about it instead.
Then I felt DDG was getting worse in just not always getting what was related, so I've moved to qwant.
Other than not always getting geo-related results, the results have been the best I've seen in a while so I've stuck around for now.
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The problem is Chromium.
How would they lose Chromium when it's only about Chrome?
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I never said it was. Not sure what you mean.
you said this:
They need to maintain compatibility with play services to access apps on play store.
but that does not explain why don't they already block installing 3rd party apps. they don't need to allows this to oeep access to the play store.
