Ask HN: If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anything about it?
Hi all, I read the article "A Brief History of Google Killers" (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=616482) and saw these numbers: "[...] show Live Search’s share as fluctuating over the past couple of years, but never exceeding 2.6 percent. Google’s share? Eighty-one percent, up from 75 percent two years ago. [...]" These numbers are indicative of a monopoly situation where for-profit organisations could/(do) shaft the end user. Microsoft is in the news every so often about antitrust cases against them. Why not Google? However, I do not keep abreast of litigation stories and don't want to go through reams of information to get insight into the issue So, I am asking HN: What do you think? Where is it going?
Why it failed
Hi all, I read the article "A Brief History of Google Killers" (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=616482) and saw these numbers: "[...] show Live Search’s share as fluctuating over the past couple of years, but never exceeding 2.6 percent. Google’s share? Eighty-one percent, up
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- stijnm
- Ended
- 2009
- Source
- hackernews