DOJ's staggering proposal would hurt consumers and US global tech leadership
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by xnx
2 hours ago
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| blog.google
| HN
underdeserver
2 hours ago
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I'm not sure why DoJ should be concerned with Google's leadership position in AI and what Chrome has to do with it.

They're basically saying "Chrome makes us a lot of money, and we should keep making that much money since we're investing it in AI". Well, uh, how about you not be a monopoly and raise VC money instead like the rest of the market.

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blackeyeblitzar
2 hours ago
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> Endanger the security and privacy of millions of Americans

Google isn’t endangering privacy already? So they aren’t collecting an absolutely insane amount of data on all of us?

> As just one example, DOJ’s proposal would literally require us to install not one but two separate choice screens before you could access Google Search on a Pixel phone you bought. And the design of those choice screens would have to be approved by the Technical Committee. And that’s just a small part of it. We wish we were making this up.

Oh my god - two screens for choice? When I have to click through many choices on a new phone already? All to allow fair competition instead of unfair monopolies? The horror.

This unhinged defensive blog post is a dishonest embarrassment, and shows how detached from reality you have to be to defend the big tech hegemony. It makes a good case to keep breaking these companies up.

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