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by Riesling 3965 days ago
> How many Europeans use Google? 90%. That's democracy: the people of Europe gets what it wants.

Regulations are not trying to fix "what is wrong with google". They are trying to keep the competition going, which ideally results in a better product for the consumers.
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weddpros 3965 days ago
When dealing with privacy, they're definitely saying what's wrong. Right to be forgotten. Retribution of newspapers for headlines... That's not about competition. Not at all.

Also, Google is not a monopoly. There are plenty of alternatives (Yahoo/Bing/etc). Google is not even trying to buy them.

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Riesling 3965 days ago
Well, regarding privacy, google is in the wrong! They are collecting all the data they possible can and then transfer them to the U.S. where Europeans do not enjoy any right to privacy (which is considered a basic human right here). This is just trying to make a foreign company comply with European laws. I do not see a problem here. If the process was totally transparent (where does the data go, who uses the data) European citizens could make an informed decision. But this is not the case. It is totally intransparent. Who knows what the data is used for? The EU has the duty to protect its citizens.

As for the retribution of newspaper headlines. This might be some form of protectionism.

Calling Bing and Yahoo an alternative to google honors them. Just try them both exclusively for one week and see if you would really call them that.

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M2Ys4U 3965 days ago
>Also, Google is not a monopoly. There are plenty of alternatives (Yahoo/Bing/etc). Google is not even trying to buy them.

Whether they are a monopoly (or not) is not really relevant. Monopolies aren't even prohibited per se.

But Google most certainly are in a dominant market position, and under EU competition law that means they must not abuse that dominant position.

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