tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post7161936760653269760..comments2024-03-18T02:14:57.204-07:00Comments on Google Operating System: Google and Antitrust AccusationsAlex Chituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-50264489581816207112010-03-31T06:55:26.596-07:002010-03-31T06:55:26.596-07:00I've never heard of any consumers complaining ...I've never heard of any consumers complaining that a company gives them a great service at a low price, but that they also do the same for millions of other people, thereby possibly lending them to be called monopolies. It is only the less successful businesses that complain because they can't do the job as well and therefore lose business. <br /><br />On the other hand, as was mentioned above, a true monopoly is one where competition is excluded by the threat of violence i.e. fines, penalties, and imprisonment. An Example of this would be letter carrying by the USPS. thats a monopoly. Or better yet, Law enforcement. If you go out and arrest someone suspected of murder, theft, or rape, you will stand trail also, assuming the D.A. agrees that the perp you apprehended is likely guilty too.<br /><br />If you were really against monopoly, then you would be an Austrian Economist... dare I say "google" the Ludwig von Mises Institute ?Philip Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06023658502280901238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-27120483185337675872010-03-05T13:29:05.394-08:002010-03-05T13:29:05.394-08:00@Jonnie: Like you said, "There is nothing wro...@Jonnie: Like you said, "There is nothing wrong if a company gains 99.9% of market through satisfying the customer." However, it is a problem when said company _leverages_ the market share of its super-successful product to promote its less popular products - that's how successful companies can get too close to monopolistic practices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-38811586058393492082010-03-01T06:34:42.359-08:002010-03-01T06:34:42.359-08:00I agree with you completely Jonnie. And oh no a co...I agree with you completely Jonnie. And oh no a company promoting itself within it's own services, the horror.<br />If I wanted to see Bing or Yahoo results, I would search there.<br /><br />There is a simple reason that Google has such a huge market share, people like and trust Google.<br />And, isn't Google doing what all companies do? They started small, but had a great product and grew and are now very successful. Why are we punishing a company for having a quality product/service and for being successful?Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04407934362062199148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-25645975685449379122010-02-28T00:45:13.659-08:002010-02-28T00:45:13.659-08:00monopoly -noun, (economics) a market in which ther...monopoly -noun, (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller; (law) a right granted by a government giving exclusive control over a specified commercial activity to a single party.<br /><br />I really hate it when people think they know the correct market share ("perfect competition") that any company should have over an industry. Most anti-trust suits are bought and paid for on the behalf of corporations. There is nothing wrong if a company gains 99.9% of market through satisfying the customer.Jonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11860284208273318324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-3535490743046837092010-02-27T03:51:43.555-08:002010-02-27T03:51:43.555-08:00"Some even called Google a search monopoly, e..."Some even called Google a search monopoly, even if there are many other search engines."<br />Please don´t forget that in countries like Austria and Germany, Google has a market share above 95%.<br />These days we get more traffic from the google image search than from yahoo!<br /><br />So in these markets Google has indeed reached the status of a monopoly.Davidfreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399941828117783110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-5491838376514247292010-02-25T18:08:13.921-08:002010-02-25T18:08:13.921-08:00google maps only was created separately as it coul...google maps only was created separately as it couldn't be directly integrated at the time. Mostly it's bringing products in that they wanted to have there all along, but didn't have the rankings to do it.<br /><br />If they started putting Gmail results in there if you where logged in, and if you didn't use Gmail they told you that results from your email might help, that could be more of an issue.<br /><br />If people mistake Google for the only Internet search engine, thats the equal of going after Mircosoft as people haven't heard of any other operating system but Windows.son_of_malcomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02566675266279647829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-63733510017154751842010-02-25T16:19:38.069-08:002010-02-25T16:19:38.069-08:00"it makes sense to show local businesses from..."it makes sense to show local businesses from New York instead of search results that match the query."<br /><br />Just like it made sense to have a media player, a browser and browser-based shell in windows for Microsoft and probably all microsoft customers if we look at how many windows xp N versions were sold..Mohamed Attahrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14517965736536354513noreply@blogger.com