Federal courts have labeled Google an illegal monopolist, particularly in search and online display advertising. Rulings indicate that Google's monopolistic practices have persisted for at least a decade, with antitrust violations traced back to 2015. This trend draws comparisons to Microsoft's antitrust case in the 1990s. Google's strategies included paying Apple to keep Google as the default search engine and controlling both pricing and supply in online advertising. Such moves raise concerns about the extent of their market power and the impact on competition.
The rulings show that Google is not only an illegal rapacious monopoly in search and its corner of online display advertising. They demonstrate that it's been operating like one for at least a decade.
Both cases against Google say that Google started violating antitrust laws as early as 2015... It was 'akin to Goldman Sachs or Citibank also owning the New York Stock Exchange,' said a Google manager.
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