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0 pointsjeffbee3y ago0 comments

How would you draft the rule? Is it just that Google is forbidden to offer services of any kind that other people also offer? Speaking as an informed consumer I strenuously prefer Google Flights over all others. I'd feel harmed if the DOJ just outlawed the 1 offering that wasn't a giant scam.

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dekhn3y ago

I wouldn't know how to draft a rule (I don't even know if what they are doing is illegal). I think the Flights interface is superior to the competitors as well. However, it's unclear to what extent Google is using their control of ranking to ensure that their onebox shows up on top, and how much that prevents people from seeing competitor's sites.

jeffbeeOP3y ago

I guess I find the question to be off point because when I search for flights from SFO to JFK I am looking for the ticket itself, not a fourth party that can resell the tickets to me. So all the links to Kayak etc are bad results anyway, although direct links to airlines' own sites would be good results. But that's essentially what Google Flights is: a vertical that cuts out middlemen.

If I search "sites that resell airline tickets" then Google Flights does not appear anywhere in the results.

mrWiz3y ago

How about forbidding Google from giving it preferential ranking treatment?

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