Why the U.S. government is suing Google

Why the U.S. government is suing Google | About That

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8 ай бұрын

The biggest antitrust trial in 25 years is underway in the United States. Andrew Chang explains why the Department of Justice says Google broke the law to monopolize the internet.
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@steviewanderer 8 ай бұрын

CBC, Can y'all create a separate ongoing playlist for this entire series Please?. I'd like to watch them all in succession. TIA

@pascalkanyemera822 8 ай бұрын

Great reporting, CBC👍

@Alex-js5lg 8 ай бұрын

Excellent explainer, as usual. Thanks, Andrew. It'd be great if we could have a court take a firm stance and deem exclusivity deals to be anticompetitive behaviour that restricts competition.

@arthurspooner36 6 ай бұрын

Judges are paid off

@TheGanjologist Ай бұрын

I love that intro too much 😂 short, simple, sweet, but gone before i could savor it

@genuinefreewilly5706 8 ай бұрын

That is a very decent fair explainer

@SilvaOnTube 8 ай бұрын

You can change default apps, even though he's right that the setting is deeply hidden, but with Microsoft, when you go through the effort to change its pre-set default apps, the Gates monopoly monster will repeatedly change your settings back at their whim when they push their updates to you. Seriously? Even after you make your desired changes, try to talk to MS about it. The best you'll get is a registry settings change suggestion from their army of "experts" trained specifically to prevent you making changes. They'll warn you that MS does not support you making registry settings. They can withdraw any implied or specific warranty. They "explanation" is that they're doing it for your better consumer experience. That's total BS.

@NobodyAsked-xh8cs 7 ай бұрын

I've been using DuckDuckGo for several years and I haven't been switched back outside my control. I am sorry to say than I don't see your (potentially fantasy) problem. : |

@AwokenEntertainment 8 ай бұрын

it's terrifying how big google has become and the power they've obtained.. yet I can't think of a single person who doesn't use it

@user-kg5ut5fc1f 7 сағат бұрын

THANK

@user-sc6ue9hj8g 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic journalism. Keep it up CBC.. The most unreliable and censored search engine since 2015.

@zigzag00 8 ай бұрын

Great job Andrew!

@TheCommunicationCoach Ай бұрын

I should have been in on this, as they're deliberately violating my 1st Amendment rights and targeting me, too!!

@denisesarazin6753 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic journalism. Keep it up CBC.

@Quinold 8 ай бұрын

It's a bit concerning seeing how much control Google has over information. If they truly want to, they can easily suppress headlines and news about their company without people knowing at all. People aren't going to bother using other engines to find out the island of information they're on. Most will be unaware of the large vast ocean of news outside of their default search engine. This is very important important Google is held responsible for trying to monopolize information.

@drewa4235 8 ай бұрын

They already do. Especially in Canada. Through my own experience I can tell you Google pretty much buries anything the liberal government doesn’t want you to see.

@Emirthemarvelfanboi 8 ай бұрын

Exactly. These google Fanboys should stop always protecting this evil company. Its already bad enough to make a comment on one of their Plattforms but there are no Alternatives sadly.

@MrJugNut 8 ай бұрын

While agree with this in therory but also if you look at it from another angle what company doesn't try to remove the competition to increase their profits, it's just business 101 isn't it? So is apple gonna be next one to be sued for being way to successful? They muscled out their completion in just the same way? It would be bizzar if that happened but how different is it from Googles case? Such gigantic fines could be seen as one government or anothers sudo tax handed out to those who have become way to successful in lue of taxes. Yes of coause Apple still has competition but so does google, I use duck duck go as my daily search engine & have done so for years now & it's not the only one. If you look at it like that how could a government sudo tax for the super wealthy companies be seen as fair at all? What should happen is these companies should be made to pay a normal tax rate just like normal companies do but this seem just to hard to implement when the companies are headquarted in the closest tax haven. But there are so many companies doing this surely there a massive incentive for government to join each other with the goal of making them pay like normal people do & make it fair for everyone. Whats lacking is the political will to play the long game to get things changed once & for all. If enough countries agreed to this then it would absolultly be possible, especially after all those governments implement the necessary laws in each country to do so. The way it is now is insane & mega companies are incentivised to be scummy, but whatever you call it it's just not sustainable model in the long term where companies can become more powerful than multiple countries. Everyone must pay there share full stop.

@Timmerdetimmerdetim 8 ай бұрын

I'm not aware of anything happening of that kind. besides, there's other giants that could call them out. think of Meta for example.

@xocomaox 8 ай бұрын

That's like saying the US military is bad because, if they wanted to, they could nuke the entire continent of Europe. Google searching is a choice, and it's very easy to change to other search engines. The video even shows this. People use Google search because it's very good, and convenient, among many other reasons.

@rachdarastrix5251 5 ай бұрын

Google: "Why are you throwing me under the bus?" XD

@g00glesucksatprivacy60 8 ай бұрын

This story has a major error. On an iPhone you can uninstall anything you want, it’s a myth that you can’t. You can even uninstall Apple Apps, including, Safari, Mail, Messenger, Music, Camera, News. An iPhone including all of the apps belong to the user and Apple lets the user decide what to keep. The license agreement on an iPhone is different than on an Android phone.

@MrNotoriousROB 8 ай бұрын

Can you Un-install or only deactivate/disable?

@g00glesucksatprivacy60 8 ай бұрын

@@MrNotoriousROB you can delete whatever you want, I tried it once and deleted Music that I regularly use, I not only had to download the app but I also had to download all my music again. When Spotify says that Apple won’t let a Apple customer change from Music to Spotify they are flat out telling a lie. I installed Spotify where Music comes preinstalled just to see if I could, it’s a lie that you can’t.

@xocomaox 8 ай бұрын

@@MrNotoriousROB System apps can only be be disabled (not uninstalled) and user apps can be disabled or uninstalled.

@MrNotoriousROB 8 ай бұрын

@@xocomaox unless a Samsung user ... I can't Uninstaller Facebook only disable

@Lola-de3wo 8 ай бұрын

I don't care what anyone says about CBC. They are doing real journalism.

@OneAdam12Adam 8 ай бұрын

To make matters worse, at a time of record profits and selling themselves as the best company to work for... They laid off tens of thousands of employees. Disgusting, greedy upper management.

@jbranche8024 8 ай бұрын

You have little business knowledge. There are many serious implications when you spend money for employee wages just to keep them employed. You can raise debt, reduce profits, affect market cap and shareholder value, limit the companies abilities to weather future headwinds successfully.

@annalee5751 8 ай бұрын

If I want to unlist my business, Google retroactively tells people that Im "permanently closed". Im not closing. I just find I have enough business as it is, messing with the listing is time consuming and convoluted, people assume Im buying good reviews. The hubris thinking that if I dont remain listed, I must be bankrupted or something. I filed a request without resolve, but they still sent me a questionnaire to numerically rate on how great they are at resolving issues. Massive mistake even listing it.

@specfunctor 8 ай бұрын

"Waterfalls in Nepal". Hello from Nepal! 🙂

@xocomaox 8 ай бұрын

lol, the DOJ is basically saying "we allowed this company to break the law for 15 years". That makes them look so awful... Do they realize?

@bcicav626 8 ай бұрын

I’d love the ability to have options to advertise my business on more than Google, but they dominate and have too much control

@mellow-jello 8 ай бұрын

You can mess around your phone as you could with your desktop, and laptop. Just takes time, and tech savvy.

@social3ngin33rin 8 ай бұрын

Damn, that must've been a really expensive photo to get, or a really good drone.

@JustOneAsbesto 8 ай бұрын

Or MAYBE just a person on the sidewalk with a camera walking by the restaurant. Crazy how that can happen.

@xocomaox 8 ай бұрын

Look at the photo again, the table they are each sitting at is at different heights and angles. Something is messed up there.

@khatharrmalkavian3306 8 ай бұрын

Silicon Valley stopped caring about antitrust law years ago. To the point that you have CEOs going on Rogan and talking about how they consult with other tech giants about how to handle consumers.

@heartborne123 8 ай бұрын

20 years late

@jeanyes-5093 8 ай бұрын

And Apple is not?!

@d_south101skits 8 ай бұрын

Rana Foroohar explained all of these in her 2019 book titled "Don't be Evil. The case against big tech." I suggest people go read it to have a better understanding.

@EarthSurferUSA 2 ай бұрын

Anti trust laws/practice does not stop companies from practicing unethical trade practice. I don't know of one case where new free enterprise competition was able to start and compete after a CEO was put on trial for anti-trust. What is done with the law is to get the company under more control of the government with the possible charges being so ambiguous that the CEO is scared to post a proper defense, (they will get me one way or the other.). Has that court ever found anybody innocent? Not that I have found. "We want control of Google, and we are going to keep you in line." And they do. Ask Bill Gates. You might understand this: It is part of communism taking over free enterprise, and the reason why you can't compete. Those results are in.

@europana7 8 ай бұрын

Probably closed the Vietnamese restaurant for security reasons…

@valkry007 8 ай бұрын

Privatize the CBC and fire the Presstitutes !

@rc653 8 ай бұрын

As Google bought Android 17 years ago, shouldn't this be the main argument?

@VoiceBootcampInc 8 ай бұрын

Google is forcing me to spend money on google keywords that is not relevant to my business. For over 10+ years I had the option in Google ads to control what keyword I want to show my ads based on my understanding. For example cisco ccnp training or cisco ccnp course. Since 2022, Google changed and told me that AI will decide what is relevant to my busines as if AI understand my business which is IT training. Now days I get matched for Is ccnp worth it? what is ccnp, ccnp dumbs, ccnp cheatsheet all this crap. I have to either constant add negative keyword or let google charge me for that. I have no option to go to another competition.

@moseseqaloewai5197 8 ай бұрын

Well I’m not changing my search engine to bing

@EffinAGamingEvacuated 8 ай бұрын

So Northwestel.

@nima7850 8 ай бұрын

This is biased toward Google. All other companies like Facebook and Apple do the same thing in the area of their expertise. Many things you mentioned like uninstalling Google apps happen for other apps on different phones. For example, you can not uninstall many apps like Safari on iPhone because it belongs to Apple. In case of search engine, no one will use another search engine since Google's algorithm is way better than others. if I search on Windows the default is Bing search engine so I always change my default to Google.

@dogedoge3361 7 ай бұрын

But can u uninstall yt compared to iPhone

@Mdyck69 8 ай бұрын

Remember when Doctor evil held the world ransom for 100 billion dollars and it was an unimaginable amount of money... you're telling me that Google is worth 17 that amount.

@navjotsinghbabrah3956 8 ай бұрын

Best thing to do

@shawnrosspeters 8 ай бұрын

Big problem: Google is the best for businesses as it's very cost effective to reach a large number of customers since the majority of people use Google. If the market was more segmented then it would be harder to reach customers.

@Jamesgregorykulp1985 26 күн бұрын

I hope that the Biden administration and department of justice and the Democratic party. Doesn't force Google to sell off KZfaq. I like Google owning KZfaq.

@derpmansderpyskin 8 ай бұрын

As much as I dislike the amount of money & influence Google has, I just don't think DOJ has a particularly strong case here. People change their default search engine all the time, especially when the default is anything other than Google.

@Cballin 8 ай бұрын

but why would you want to uninstall them?? these are core apps and are easily the most useful on any phone.

@Akim_Volny 8 ай бұрын

Censorship, it is obvious.

@viraltiktokvideo1166 4 ай бұрын

They steal ideeas from People throw ads and online tracking party wich im one of theyre Targets!

@viraltiktokvideo1166 4 ай бұрын

Data with personal content and tracking ads should be prohibit that non of f CEO problem what im doing

@gigilovi88888 7 ай бұрын

#Sunder who done wrong to #Apple ?

@user-kg5ut5fc1f 7 сағат бұрын

100

@theracer6882 8 ай бұрын

I don't want to uninstall any of those apps

@Gurj101 8 ай бұрын

but other people do right

@soxpuff 8 ай бұрын

4:58 Who does that? Me. I would be part of the very small percentage who do. Google is not default on any of my devices.

@lilnbigman 8 ай бұрын

Google will loose from the simple pay outs, following up with not being able to uninstall their wasteful apps.

@romievthedon 8 ай бұрын

They took the default status idea right from Microsoft's handbook and targeted phones everywhere.

@kathylinden4567 8 ай бұрын

I do telephone tech support for Mac iPhone and iPad etc I own a android and Google apps are built in chrome, google play, youtube, google maps, gmail app and can't be removed. But on Apple devices they are not including iPhone. You have to download them. They can be deleted after you download. On Apple devices built in browser is safari can't be uninstalled Apples built in map app is Apple maps can't be removed, apples built in mail app is mail can't be removed. There is no chrome, Google maps, KZfaq , Gmail app etc on a new iphone Google play store doesn't have Apple apps can't be downloaded useless if u can. As app store by Apple on Android would be. No Gmail app on Apple u must down load it. So little incorrect reporting

@SilvaOnTube 8 ай бұрын

Just another of the regular every day BS things Microsoft does. After yesterday's system update, my Windows 10 Pro 64-bit ran disgustingly and onerously slow. Of course, it was almost impossible to immediately locate what they installed in the Device Manager. Since whatever they added was theirs, it reports everything is working properly (which it isn't). From experience, I immediately uninstalled the update, and my computer was back to working at its normal quick boot up speed. I'm amazed that Microsoft has gotten away with its clearly anti-competitive, cram-down, shenanigans for so long. If what they do is not illegal exercise of its monopoly power, I don't know what is. It should go without saying that examination the political actions totally changed antitrust enforcement is essential to understand where we are today.

@madmax5841 8 ай бұрын

The most unreliable and censored search engine since 2015

@SinceritySeed 8 ай бұрын

I am on Google and KZfaq a lot. I do agree though, that the market needs to be fair... because the real danger is us having all our eggs in one basket.

@fluidnova4039 8 ай бұрын

Google owns android?!?! OFC it’s gonna install its own apps on the SOFTWARE IT OWNS. Smh

@wilsonbethlehem3101 8 ай бұрын

Bz they need money. 😂

@user-lo5vu2ve2z 3 ай бұрын

While I am watching this video google is offering me to download one of their apps. No shame. Hmm. God bless

@maishidk5236 Ай бұрын

6:08

@Sarahyangtoronto 8 ай бұрын

Google is overrated. We need a good competitor to share the market.

@user-gi4qy7lq6h 8 ай бұрын

we can't even fly air planes any more :(

@lorettaparsons6383 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for a great report. DO NOT allow Google to store passwords, mine was hacked.

@Jason-sf8vx 8 ай бұрын

Google charged excessive rate for advestisement , everytime the company charges beyond the budget

@suskeuchiha4608 7 ай бұрын

I dont lije apple closed sofwere or its proudect the i phone and i dont like how they controle the market with thier Monopoly styell

@libshastra 8 ай бұрын

I wish CBC also spoke about the crisis in Canadian diplomacy. G20 was a disaster for Canada, we came out looking like fools with nothing to offer.

@user-kg5ut5fc1f 7 сағат бұрын

@Robert08010 8 ай бұрын

I just changed my default search engine. Like if you did too.

@ryanfang97 8 ай бұрын

nah, only google is good

@nakwadroid 8 ай бұрын

4:58 of course almost no one does it, mainly because Google works very well as a search engine. And also because people are not educated in this area AT ALL.

@184186 8 ай бұрын

when a corporation's value is greater than the GNP of many nations... who rules?

@JustOneAsbesto 8 ай бұрын

*MY* data should be *MY* property. Not somebody else's to sell. End of discussion. Governments are failing all of us.

@bhanukiran5630 8 ай бұрын

Then stop using free search engines, free KZfaq videos and free GPS and an endless trial of free resources these companies are providing in exchange to your data