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Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts

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858 points colesantiago | 4 comments | 02 Sep 25 20:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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fidotron ◴[02 Sep 25 21:05 UTC] No.45109040[source]▶
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.

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coro_1 ◴[02 Sep 25 21:12 UTC] No.45109129[source]▶
> Quite why the judge is so concerned about the rise of AI factoring in here is beyond me.

Maybe because this remains Googles biggest threat. I'm still more impressed by other models. Public ones at least.

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deepsquirrelnet ◴[02 Sep 25 21:28 UTC] No.45109294[source]▶
Google’s biggest threat is their own deteriorating search results. Gen Z/alpha are interesting barometers, because many of them probably can’t remember a time when Google search didn’t suck.

I would use Google if there was anything to find. At this point, just figure out if you’re looking for a reddit post, a Wikipedia article or a github repo and go to the source — or let Claude do it for you.

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1. rprend ◴[02 Sep 25 22:41 UTC] No.45110053[source]▶
Google sucking isn’t google’s algorithm getting worse; it’s the internet getting more competitive and polluted. If you magically turned on the recommendation algorithm from 2010 but with today’s internet, the results would be far far worse.
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3. chillfox ◴[03 Sep 25 01:00 UTC] No.45111118[source]▶
It's their algo getting worse. They have pushed search results below the fold and filled the whole top part of the page up with ads. They are optimizing for engagement, you searching repeatedly trying to find the right keywords/phrase is better for them than you actually finding what you are after.

There are many search engines that don't have an issue with the internet being "competitive and polluted". So you want me to believe that the people (Google) with the most experience and knowledge about search just can't handle it. While it seemingly is no issue for most of the upstarts? That's just not believable.

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4. Jensson ◴[03 Sep 25 03:55 UTC] No.45112129[source]▶
That is like computer viruses, the biggest vendors get the most attacks targeted at them, so using a less well known OS makes you safer even though the big vendors spends way more on safety.