“That world is changing,” says Judge Donato.
  • nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyzEnglish
    111·
    3 months ago

    Google was giving preferential treatment to certain companies and had a bunch of backroom deals going on and generally very anticompetitive behavior.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
      35·
      3 months ago

      Right but is that actually illegal given the fact that you can sideload apps it’s not like they’re locking people out of their devices.

      I don’t like it but I’m not sure it necessarily meets the criteria for illegality.

      This makes this decision seem stupid. I don’t quite understand how US law works but I thought it was precedent based which meant that once one case had been decided that essentially decided all similar cases unless they were demonstrably different. I don’t understand why that isn’t the case here.

      • conciselyverboseEnglish
        8·
        3 months ago

        Having a “monopoly” isn’t illegal.

        Using your “monopoly” position to pick winners and losers is.

        • mke@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          3 months ago

          Small addendum, I believe having an unfair monopoly is actually illegal in the US. Google search is currently on the hook for this.

          • conciselyverboseEnglish
            3·
            3 months ago

            Yeah, it’s not just the market position.

            It’s how you gain the market position and what you do with it.