On: Google's 25th Birthday

[mattnewton]

It’s apparently the DOJ’s turn to call Google a monopoly, the case they filed in 2020 is finally going to trial, and it’s all over the news.

The FTC itself sues google every few years, last two were in 2019 and 2022 so give it a few more years.

[AlbertCory → mattnewton]

Actually, "all over the news" is what it's NOT.

Just yesterday there was a story about how Judge Mehta caved to G's desire to keep everything secret. Consequently, the journalists have nothing to write.

[mattnewton → AlbertCory]

I see multiple new articles a day on this. Even covering what can be covered is news haha https://gizmodo.com/judge-says-google-cant-keep-hiding-docs-...

[AlbertCory → mattnewton]

True, but the counterfactual is "how much news would you see if the whole thing was public?"