"A federal judge ruled that Google engaged in illegal practices to preserve its search engine monopoly, delivering a major antitrust victory to the Justice Department in its effort to rein in Silicon Valley technology giants," the Wall Street Journal reports.New York Times: "The ruling is the mo
What’s the potential impact of this?
Public shaming in tech circles is probably the extent of it. Maybe some insignificant fines.
The control system is designed to serve capital, not punish it.
From the article:
So it seems TBD
This could potentially take months. Maybe even longer.
And Google is certain to appeal.
Goodbye Mozilla Firefox?
Isn’t Google responsible for the majority of Mozilla’s revenue?
They are, just over $500M I believe?
Ouch looks that way
https://fortune.com/2024/08/05/mozilla-firefox-biggest-potential-loser-google-antitrust-search-ruling/
This is why Mozilla has been making moves recently, imo.