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Google is illegally monopolizing online advertising tech, judge rules

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863 points IdealeZahlen | 2 comments | 17 Apr 25 14:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.407s | source
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lupka ◴[17 Apr 25 15:18 UTC] No.43718153[source]▶
Happy to see this and hopefully there are some changes. Right now I'm dealing with a crazy Adsense issue and there is no recourse, no customer support and no alternative.
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whoknowsidont ◴[17 Apr 25 15:48 UTC] No.43718586[source]▶
There is no shortage of other ad platforms. Breaking up Google isn't going to solve your specific issue lol
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azemetre ◴[17 Apr 25 16:10 UTC] No.43718857[source]▶
No but it would stop a single company from accumulating so much power.

How you can argue such things are democratic are beyond me. There is nothing democratic about trillion dollar corporations that can ruin your business for refusing to play their game.

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whoknowsidont ◴[17 Apr 25 16:32 UTC] No.43719156[source]▶
How can Google ruin your business?
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afavour ◴[17 Apr 25 16:38 UTC] No.43719224[source]▶
I've seen countless examples, e.g. a business that depends on online advertising gets its account suspended for incorrect reasons and there is literally no-one to reach at Google to get unsuspended.
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carlosjobim ◴[17 Apr 25 17:03 UTC] No.43719544[source]▶
If you made your business become completely dependent on a third party, you were already a failure and shouldn't have a business. Being a successful businessman is not a right. It's competition.
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JohnMakin ◴[17 Apr 25 17:10 UTC] No.43719632[source]▶
Wow, all those fortune 500 companies whose infra entirely relies on 3rd party cloud infrastructure really must be in for a rude awakening. You should update them with your cunning analysis and inform them they are failures.
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1. efsavage ◴[17 Apr 25 17:36 UTC] No.43719944[source]▶
The tone here isn't great but parent is more correct than not. This is why large companies don't use freebie services. They vet companies and partners, sign enterprise deals with support, SLAs, penalties, insurance, even bonds in some cases. It costs more, and it's hardly fun for most people, but it's all part of mitigating those risks. And it's not just tech, you see the same thing in non-tech industries like manufacturing.
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2. JohnMakin ◴[17 Apr 25 17:55 UTC] No.43720184[source]▶
It really isn't. Most businesses export core business functions to a third party in some way. This is just a snotty navel gazing post without much content that was responded to in kind.

It's completely reasonable to use adsense to generate revenue and then be upset when they inevitably fuck you (and they will). It's not a chance to make a (completely uninformed) "ah, that's your own fault" comment, deflecting from scumbag practices google engages in.