Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
EU accuses Google Shopping of search
'abuse'
Closed system vs. open architecture. Monopoly
vs. competitive market. Convenience of one-for-all vs. competitive products and
pricing.
Like Apple and Microsoft, Wintel (Windows-Intel)
and the others, there have been a few large-scale anti-trust investigations,
negotiations and litigation in high-tech industry.
This time, the search giant Google is
facing a huge penalty by the EU. Even though the dominant search engine has
been chosen by its users, the commission sees the search company’s abusing its dominant
position in the market space. What have they done? Do you realize anything been
done to you? If yes, was that annoying or rather convenient?
Enjoy reading and thinking who are
benefited and who are abused by Google.
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