This is a bad take from Techdirt. Google vs DOJ is not about penalizing Google for having a better search engine than Bing. It is about whether Google can use billions of dollars to ensure there is practically no opportunity for end users to discover or try new out search engines.
This is still a weak argument by the DOJ but it's not the same as punishing Google for having a better product. That a framing only Google's PR team would love.
I love his clear thinking and sharp writing, but boy, he really seems to carry water for some tech companies in ways I don’t understand. His argument that Google paying Apple should prove they are not a monopoly feels like it must’ve been derived after a long game of telephone, in which he hasn’t actually heard anything the governments lawyers have said. The government is saying that Google pays that money to ensure there is a moat, a wall, a barrier to all competitors, and it seems like the reasoning could just as easily go the other way: if Google is clearly delivering the best results, why are they paying so much money?
