Google cuts a check, antitrust law prof. calls it silly, ridiculous or desperate

[1vuio0pswjnm7]

https://26833.mc.tritondigital.com:443/OMNY_BLOOMBERGLAW_P/media-session/afc997d9-f776-4339-b004-116de7943060/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/7c892d84-801f-4c0b-b0e9-ae2b0012ff5f/2640860c-4633-42a6-99bd-b17900375e57/audio/direct/t1716434676/Google_Cuts_a_Check_CFPB_Revenge_Tour.mp3

[1vuio0pswjnm7]

2:07 "Well, Google's argument is, let's see, shall we call it 'silly', 'ridiculous' or 'desperate'."

[jqpabc123]

Looks like straight up bribery. Allow us to maintain our monopoly in exchange for some of the proceeds.

[avidiax]

Please don't directly link to auto-play media.

[1vuio0pswjnm7 → avidiax]

That's a browser behaviour, perhaps a default setting. It has nothing to do with the media file.

For example,

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Media/Autoplay_...

If don't like browser playing an .mp3 file then don't use a client that auto-plays .mp3 files, or change browser settings so that this filetype does not auto-play.

It's like asking someone not to link to a PDF because it is "auto-displaying". If don't want PDF to display in browser then change browser settings so that it doesn't.

In the browser I use, I can associate any file extension with any MIME type. Even better, there is no built-in MP3 player, PDF viewer, or other omnibus cruft.