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European Commission fines Google €2.95B over abusive ad tech practices

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398 points ChrisArchitect | 1 comments | 05 Sep 25 16:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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Workaccount2 ◴[05 Sep 25 19:50 UTC] No.45142862[source]▶
Wouldn't it be something if the EU focused on fostering a tech scene rather than attacking it. This is like the 4th time they have gone to the Google bank demanding a $1B+ ransom.

And before we "Just don't break the laws" take note of the fact the the EU has a dead tech scene. I don't know how they expect competition to grow when they block all the sunlight in their tech fields.

If you don't want Google dominating your populations technology, try creating conditions to grow a replacement.

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1. aucisson_masque ◴[05 Sep 25 20:56 UTC] No.45143504[source]▶
> And before we "Just don't break the laws" take note of the fact the the EU has a dead tech scene. I don't know how they expect competition to grow when they block all the sunlight in their tech fields.

Google is abusing his position to prevent other companies to compete, hence decreasing the likelihood of European tech companies emerging.

Beside, I don't see how having strong monopolistic companies is beneficial to Americans citizens beside the tech bros working in Silicon Valley ? American companies are being ripped off on advertising just as bad as european companies used to be, and obviously they were following google rip off on goods price and customer had to pay more.