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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: 0s | 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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fallingknife ◴[17 Apr 25 19:06 UTC] No.43720880[source]▶
Of course it's not democratic, but what business ever is? There is no recognized right to access the advertising market on terms that you like.
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azemetre ◴[17 Apr 25 20:00 UTC] No.43721513[source]▶
Yes there is no right to access an advertising market for Google, luckily the government agrees they are an illegal monopoly. Hopefully the ramifications are massive and company breaking.
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1. fallingknife ◴[17 Apr 25 21:18 UTC] No.43722314{3}[source]▶
If that happens this will do nothing for you. You will go through some other company where you can't talk to a human.
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2. azemetre ◴[18 Apr 25 17:18 UTC] No.43730021[source]▶
That’s fine. As long as Google is broken up. I doubt your scenario will happen either, we all saw the hundreds of billions in investor value that occurred when AT&T was broken up.

Breaking up Google will help everyone everywhere.