Google illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rules
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A judge ruled that Google’s ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation.
  • IamSparticles@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    3 months ago

    if you’re just under the assumption that there was a point where corporate interest wasn’t relevant in search engines.

    There definitely was. The web wasn’t created by commercial interests. It started as an academic pursuit, and then was picked up by hobbyists. Commercialization came much later. All of the big search engines (even Google) started as university research projects.