• @Fpsfrank85
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    361 year ago

    Could there be lawsuits over this?

    • YⓄ乙
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      191 year ago

      If there will be, google is powerful than most governments. They know there will be some lawsuit and they are prepared for it. Its just cost of doing business.

      • @[email protected]
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        331 year ago

        Google isn’t more powerful than any governments it’s just the USA that allows them to have power.

        • YⓄ乙
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          01 year ago

          Dude they have all the data on you and your circle of friends. What you share? What was shared with you, all the stuff you can possibly imagine.

          • @[email protected]
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            21 year ago

            I’m not sure how they have this when I only use e2e encrypted communication to share stuff with my friends and none of us use their services.

      • @[email protected]
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        121 year ago

        No they aren’t, the US just makes them look that way. I’m sure many european countries will object to and fight this.

    • Atemu
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      71 year ago

      Not directly but this could be an antitrust case in some places.

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      Reasonable people will disagree… but no, probably not. This is a feature which websites can choose to use in the same way that websites can choose to use notifications. Even if you dislike the fact that web browsers provide the option, it’s the website itself that’s actively choosing to impose on you.

      Now, the counterpoint to this argument is that the feature in question will most likely further strengthen Google’s position as the market leader and lock out new independent browsers. This is certainly true and similar logic has indeed been employed in cases like the Microsoft antitrust case. With that being said, Google still has that extra layer of abstraction sitting between it and the actual mechanism of action (i.e.: independent website owners who want DRM). Think of it like the Uber of anti-trust law.