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Hmmmm. $15MM USD is nothing.

Initially I wondered if this was some kind of smokescreen, or a public response to some private action that wasn't liked.

But thinking about it... maybe it's simpler, and Google are just unimpressed someone's having a go at them for being anticompetitive. In which case this action is very concerning, because it says "yeah, we're it and we know it. Deal with it." That has significant chilling-effect potential.

Because I'm not seeing any evidence or suggestion of corruption here, but rather an interest in establishing truth.

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The second option seems more likely. The more concerning thing is how Google is starting to use its power when it isn't happy with something. Google doesn't even seem to care about appearing "friendly" or harmless as it used to do. It's now acting like a king without a rival.. when it can.

Hmm.

The good thing is that this suggests they've apparently hit the complacency plateau that everybody large seems to hit that marks their modus-operandi as "set in stone". The sad thing is that they're the only company with (presumably - but if you think about it...) multiple exabytes of RAM to hold a greppable copy of the Internet in, so nobody's realistically going to beat them at the game anytime soon D:

Also, I was going to say but forgot (was on mobile) - this was an anticompetitivity investigation, and that was why I said their attitude of "yes we are indeed 'it'" was so concerning. Kind of like, "whatcha gonna do about it, huh?"

Google Search is far, far, far, FAR from a "greppable copy of the Internet in" and it keeps getting worse.

It certainly doesn't seem to be difficult to imagine someone coming up with a better search engine.

Heh, I sure would love to know exactly how big the index actually is.

And how much of it is never (or practically never) accessed.

And what the distribution graph looks like.

It sure would be fun to come up with a better engine, but where do I get the RAM to run it in? :< (ie: how do I _ethically_ pay for it? hahaha)

[Hm: this is currently at -1]

Are you surprised that a megacorporation is acting like a megacorporation? What's the alternative, forcing Google to sell their products? How would you even achieve that?

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