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0 pointscoldtea7y ago0 comments

It's not antitrust until (a) you're a monopoly, and (b) blackmail/bribe OEMs to avoid competitor products.

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Is Chrome really that far off from IE on market share when the MS anti-trust talk started?

Chrome could have 100% market share and it wouldn't necessarily be a problem. If I understand it correctly, Google would have to abuse their market position in some way.

bzbarsky7y ago

Last I checked, Chrome blocks autoplay of videos with sound on websites. Except for YouTube, where they allow it.

If they were a monopoly, that would seem like a pretty clear abuse of market position.

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tracker17y ago

I'm not suggesting that its' necessarily a problem, except in cases where Google abuses their position to the negative effect of competitors.

coldteaOP7y ago

Perhaps (a) is close, but (b) should also hold.

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tracker17y ago

Is Chrome really that far off from IE on market share when the MS anti-trust talk started?

criddell7y ago

Chrome could have 100% market share and it wouldn't necessarily be a problem. If I understand it correctly, Google would have to abuse their market position in some way.

bzbarsky7y ago

Last I checked, Chrome blocks autoplay of videos with sound on websites. Except for YouTube, where they allow it.

If they were a monopoly, that would seem like a pretty clear abuse of market position.

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tracker17y ago

I'm not suggesting that its' necessarily a problem, except in cases where Google abuses their position to the negative effect of competitors.

coldteaOP7y ago

Perhaps (a) is close, but (b) should also hold.

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