US Court Rules Google Is an Illegal Monopoly: Now What?

A federal judge ruled Monday that Google broke the law in how it maintained a monopoly in search by paying Apple and others to make Google the default search engine on phones. Google vows to appeal — but this could impact other big tech antitrust cases going on now.

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0:00 Intro
0:35 Judges Decision
0:52 Google's Response
1:10 U.S. Justice Department's Statement
1:39 Google Pays Apple to be the default search engine on iPhones
1:59 When the lawsuit and trial happened
2:10 What's next for Google and the courts?
2:29 Other U.S. Justice Department Lawsuits against Big Tech
3:21 How long the Google case could take to be resolved

#google #monopoly #lawsuit #googlesearch #searchengine

[TomTheCleric]

Just curious. Why was the statement from Google read out loud but the Justice Departments statement wasnt read out loud? Seemed inconsistent, maybe due to timing of recording the video vs editing?

[KameraShy]

Google's monopolization of tech extends far beyond just its search engine.

[ThatoneNB]

If they have the "best search engine" why do they have to pay to get companies to push it 🤔

[JoeD]

Me: Google, what is a monopoly?
Google: Here are some ads and other questions people asked.
Me: Okay, so what is a monopoly?

[leok]

I remember their motto used to be "Don't be evil." What year did they replace it?

[evilbikerider]

might as well charge black rock and vangaurd

[joesackbaron]

The Microsoft monopoly ruling was good becuase IE was always rubbish and displayed html in it's own way meaning the diplay was all messed up on other lesser known browsers that imlemented it properly. It took the break up and several decades for Micrososft to follow suit, as html itself advanced, and they finally managed to make a decent browser in Edge. And this allowed the much better independant web browsers to gain a much fairer market share over that time; Chrome being one of them. However, Google is way better than Bing or any other Search Engine I've ever tried. Curious to see if anyone else can actually do it better.

[HauteHorizon]

It's easy to forget that the Sherman Act exists when tech companies are allowed to get to this point

[jaderoulade]

Now nothing. It's Google. The world uses Google. Virtually all the top 5 tech companies are all monopolies. Who own each other. Who are owned by banks. Eho own each other. Who are owned by asset management companies. Who, you got it right own each other. Duh. Triple Duh.

[jeanberes]

Hey! Why aren’t we ever going after Microsoft? Let’s see…. You buy a new Windows based computer. What’s the only search engine on it? You install other search engines and make one your default but when your pc goes to sleep, then wakes up …what search engine automatically comes to life? Microsoft’s Edge . What percent of business including government use pc based computers? If THAT is not a monopoly, then Google isn’t either.

[CallumQuinnCreates]

Thanks for simply offering the facts and not inserting opinions. Great video! 👍

[admiralthrawn]

1:16 why did you not read out loud what the justice department said

[D.]

I fell in love with YouTube a decade ago learning how to renovate my house. I’d open the app and plumbing videos, interior design, DIY electrical all populated in my feed from my favorite channels. Today when I open the app those videos are not the first thing I see. I see the world on fire 🔥 burning 🔥 from channels I never subscribed to. The CEO made the decision to change this algorithm and does not give me an opportunity to change it back. I’d like to hear from the CEO why does he want Americans to feel chaos when they open the app?

[simonmackenzie]

The judge should have said something like "you've been found guilty, if you appeal then 100% of the income generated from this should you lose the appeal will be forfeited". Clearly Google will appeal this for a decade to keep the income flowing in.

[squaidinkarts]

When this video showed up, youtube showed a red time bar as if I had ALREADY watched it when I have NOT. I also tried it on a web-browser I never use, logged out from youtube, and again when I saw your video in the search results, it brought me to 3:21/3:46. Google is clearly trying to cover it up.

[plinble]

Remember OS Choice and Browser Choice options for PCs? If they could unbundle the phone OS from the hardware, and have apps as platform agnostic that'll be progress.

[dpharr]

Google also manipulates search results

[harsha]

I am curious why Apple is not held accountable for taking 18 Billion USD from Google?

[erik_moenart]

Yea get ‘em! (As I watch using Google’s YouTube) 😅

[matthewhardwick]

If Google has a monopoly over search engines? How has Microsoft not been found guilty of a monopoly in the PC operating system market? The Crowdstrike outage is a clear example of how much control Microsoft has over vital systems and services via Windows. And how 1 faulty update from a 3rd party source can cause so much damage.