The Biggest Loser in Google Search Ruling Could Be Mozilla and Firefox <https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/06/0624251/the-biggest-loser-in-google...> Mozilla, the non-profit behind the Firefox browser, faces an uncertain future following Monday's landmark antitrust ruling against Google <https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/05/1859251/google-loses-doj-antitrust-...>. The decision, which found Google illegally maintained its search monopoly, puts Mozilla's primary funding source at risk. In 2021-2022, Mozilla received $510 million from Google out of $593 million total revenue, according to its latest financial report. Fortune adds <https://fortune.com/2024/08/05/mozilla-firefox-biggest-potential-loser-googl...> :You can be sure that critics of the judge's ruling will highlight the potentially devastating impact on Mozilla to make the case that the antitrust ruling will have unintended consequences on smaller tech industry players. Others might argue that Mozilla hasn't done enough with those spoils to differentiate its Firefox browser, or that it could cut a deal with another search engine like Bing if its Google deal goes away completely. Either way, Google will appeal the suit so a long battle may ensue. And there's another big domino to fall: the judge will rule on the remedy or remedies -- essentially, the business-model penalties -- that Google will face.Apple also stands to lose more than $20 billion a year that Google pays the iPhone-maker to be the default search engine on Safari. But as Fortune notes, "Apple is a large, diversified company with many sources of revenue." https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/06/0624251/the-biggest-loser-in-google... Il giorno mar 6 ago 2024 alle ore 08:46 J.C. DE MARTIN < juancarlos.demartin@polito.it> ha scritto:
*BOOM: Judge Rules Google Is a Monopolist *
*Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by excluding rivals from the general search engine market in order to maintain its monopoly. What happens now? * Matt Stoller Aug 06, 2024
Today is a big day for American business.
"After having carefully considered and weighed the witness testimony and evidence,” wrote Judge Amit Mehta in his decision of the case United States of America vs Google LLC, “the court reaches the following conclusion: Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly. It has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act."
Fifteen years after it was first investigated, search giant Google is finally going to be held accountable for unfairly thwarting competition. In this piece, I’m going to discuss the complaint against Google, why it lost, the next steps, and what this case means for American business going forward.
Make no mistake, this decision is huge for Google, the web, and the revival of monopolization law against giants across the economy. It’s also a big deal for the BIG community. We’ve been writing about this case, covering antitrust law, filing comments, contacting policymakers and pushing for aggressive enforcement for almost five years. Subscribers to BIG helped finance the special site Big Tech on Trial, where we hired a reporter to cover the case and helped ensure that the judge didn’t keep key evidence behind closed doors.
So this victory is not just for the public, it is in a sense by the public.
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