Breaking News: Google Loses Antitrust Case Over Search DOJ Proves Monopoly Casewww.cnbc.com/2024/08/05/google-loses-antitrust-case-over-search.html
21 sats \ 7 comments \ @Cje95 5 Aug news
Huge news to see that Search has been declared a monopoly.
A federal judge ruled that Google engaged in illegal practices to preserve its search engine monopoly.
Google’s payments to make its search engine the default on smartphone web browsers violates US antitrust law.
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0 sats \ 6 replies \ @freebookspls 5 Aug
Fuck Google
https://m.stacker.news/43733
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20 sats \ 5 replies \ @Cje95 OP 5 Aug
Exactly! It will be interesting to see how this plays out and how this will lead to new engines or what will end up happening
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @freebookspls 5 Aug

ChatGPT is the replacement for search engines.

When I want specific details I go straight to chatGPT. When I want the bigger picture or images, or links, I go for brave search. Sometimes I use google to search for specific images, like the one with the guy smoking I posted earlier. Besides that, Google is not needed.
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16 sats \ 3 replies \ @Cje95 OP 6 Aug
ChatGPT though is also already under investigation for being a monopoly. I wouldn't be surprised if they get the ax in some way shape or form sooner rather than later esp. with Sam Altman in charge.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @freebookspls 6 Aug
I said chatGPT, but I meant AI Chat like chatGPT
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Cje95 OP 6 Aug
So the big ones in use right now like ChatGPT, Gemini, and CoPilot are all under investigation as well... truly a wild thing if we are being honest
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @freebookspls 6 Aug
It's hard to defend monopoly when you have 3 companies accused of the same monopoly.
The investigations, I think, have more to do with governments trying to tame this new tech in their favor than creating a competitive industry.
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