Balmer calls Google a monopoly, demands that they come under greater scrutiny by anitrust authorities

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I don't understand what is anti-competitive about Google.

They provide a search tool that has been so damn good its now synonymous with search. As part of its results it returns important and viable information from maps and videos (as well as pics/news/etc). It obviously uses Google's own services for that distribution and why not? Maps simply make no sense to show others products and other search companies do the same. Videos actually show from Youtube as well as VEVO and others.

Bing operates exactly like Google. As does Yahoo. difference is Google just does it better to the greater majority of people. Hell, if Apple could make a good search service, they would too. However history with Maps proves they can't and they should've stuck with Google as the default.

Then you have Android, Google's own full software package that easily allows you to set the default of ANY competing product. Far easier than MS has ever done in Windows.

Google is competitive. However, they do so with providing high-quality products/services for reasonable prices or simply free.

I mean for fuck sake... can you install a different marketplace/store on your iOS/WinPhone? NOPE!
Can you 100% remove IE from use? NOPE still required for updating the OS.

Balmer is simply crying foul because they can't compete. Same reason Apple jumped to lawsuits when iOS started losing its market share. (tho I agree Samsung copied way too much)

... and don't start bitching about the data they collect on you. Its no different than any search company/facebook/twitter/apple/ms/nsa/etc. With the exception that you can go into your Google account and permanently delete it all with one button push. (can even download it all first if you wish)