Google monopolized internet search for a decade, landmark antitrust trial hears
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US makes case Google leveraged power and wealth to strangle competition, spending billions on deals with Apple and Samsung

US to argue Google abused power to monopolize internet search as antitrust trial begins::US makes case Google leveraged power and wealth to strangle competition, spending billions on deals with Apple and Samsung

  • CaptObvious@literature.cafeEnglish
    25·
    10 months ago

    I’ve wondered if this and similar cases accounts for the dramatic decline in quality of Google search. It’s all but useless these days. I’d honestly rather have AltaVista back.

    • qooqie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      10 months ago

      The amount of ad links I have to scroll through to get to my actual search is just awful these days. Almost feels like the entire first page is ads and then the second page is just sketchy fucking backwoods sites that may or may not bukkake your computer with viruses

      • CaptObvious@literature.cafeEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

        Oh yeah. Not to mention that it’s no longer possible to do literal searches, to exclude certain words from a search, to require certain words in a search… Useless.

        I know Dogpile is still around. It was my go-to back in the day. I may have to check it out.