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theprof00 on 25 September 2013
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kowenicki said:
theprof00 said:
Says the guy whose company literally sent their bing searches through google and pretended the results were their own.
Sorry MS, but Google is big because it offered a high-quality service at a time when everyone else was looking at nickels and dimes, and it continues to do so today. It's not the Google products that controls the market. It's their brand-name, and they've done a great job building it. Maybe that should teach you a lesson in business.


None of which is relevant in any way.

A monoploy is a monopoly, it is irrelevant if it is the best or not.

I dont disagree that Google is the best search engine, but it should be scrutinised and regulated as a monopoly, just as Ballmer and MS was with its successful products.

Lets not be hypocritical about this.

While they are at it, Apple should face something similar for some of their bundled software.

My question is more regarding how much of a monopoly it is. It seems he is more just crying "unfair". I mean, they have what, 16% and growing? They complain that Google isn't losing any marketshare, but what if Google is trying just as hard to gain marketshare? It would be unfair if there was an uncompetitive advantage, but the only advantage is the brandname. How does the FCC bring Google in line then? It's just a search engine. Make Bing the default homepage for all computers? Isn't the problem in the first place that owners of new computers, for the most part, opening ie only to download firefox, and then change the homepage to google? How does one regulate consumer mindset?