woodcook:


I don't think it has anything to do with fine given to Volkswagen, when it comes to consumer protection I give it to EU. More especially when it comes to net. Imagine all the fuckery about Net Neutrality going on in the US, that won't in EU. Most service provider can't get away with it, for EU unrestricted access is something they take seriously unlike the US politicians that will bend backwards to the whims of corporation while the masses are hung out to dry.

Even Apple, Microsoft have taken hit from EU etc. See list of some of the big hit

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/27/the-largest-fines-dished-out-by-the-eu-commission-facebook-google.html

true..... Don't forget how America retaliated with Microsoft was fined by eu.


I must applaud Europe for their stand on anti-competitive moves by American giant tech companies

Anyway, I think Microsoft have a hand in this..... Google lured European Union in investigating Internet Explorer monopoly

abumeinben:
Europe is one region American tech giants dread alot. The tech policies, especially on users security and privacy, is out of this world.

They couldn't just cook up a story to nail Google. Google must have violated a section of the policy and hence, got to pay.

For those condemning the fine, look at this:

You pay a site, say site A, to ad your product. You google a movie to download. Instead of Google to redirect you to the site where the ad is, it goes straight to the file, or bypass the ad page. The person that paid to ad thier products on site A wouldn't do that next time, instead would go straight to google to add their products.

Too bad for site A, right?





On the other news, why is nairaland home page always a problem to load these days? Been experiencing this for the past 3 weeks.

Going by your analysis I think ur ideology might be wrong

If I am searching I would love to land on my required page and not on another page that would still warrant me looking for what I need .
Searching should be able to locate required output at a click

patrick44:
If really this is what google has done, its really unfair. Before your android device can be effectively connect you must have all links connected to google emails.

But the fined is too much, am sure if they pay such amount, it will slow down their efficiency.

Microsoft paid higher when fined by eu

ephi123:


So are you saying Google did nothing wrong by being anti-competitive, or are you saying the EU should have done nothing to protect their consumers?

Whichever you look at it, it's politically motivated.

Jiang:


what if i don't register at all

good for you, but it seems you already registered on nairaland, or are you using someones username to post?

KratosCorp:
Greedy european cucks. While the US climate, Sergey and Page were busy fostering innovasion you dumb asses were busy formulating dumb political theories that had zero bearings on reality. Now yoy are looking for whom to rip off for your incompetency. What a bunch of leeches?

But, Google, I hope you are learning that your political correctness is a poo when it comes to the Socialist Cum Islamic Caliphate of Europe?

Nof said.

Oga, go and read up about European Anti-trust policies. Europe isn't America. Each has its own policies. If Google can't about by them, they should remove Europe from their operating zone.

dingbang:
Time to create Africa's own search engine...



www.amadioha.com

i c a whole load of sense from dz

Are you kidding me?

Those EU guys are a bunch of communist and anti-capital cucks who are bent on destroying Europe. Google is not stopping anyone from building a search engine. The EU has no right to dictate to Google how to serve its users. If those other shopping platforms are serious about their business (and pained that Google is getting all the user love) they should evolve their own search engines and user friendliness rather than leeching on Google. ediots.

Misterdhee1:

Oga, go and read up about European Anti-trust policies. Europe isn't America. Each has its own policies. If Google can't about by them, they should remove Europe from their operating zone.

No, you are the one who has no clue how this things work.

frosbel2:


You obviously did not understand the article!

This has nothing to do with Trump's policy. This is a pure display of madness by a bunch of lazy ass and leeching communists who would do nothing to promote innovation but would be the first to hate private capital and treat any huge enterprenuerial innovation with disdain.

tiwiex:


Huh. What did you just type? Were u expecting Google to just accept? Of course they will put up fight. Where does most of Google profit go? Yea. The USA. Let Trump call d EU to make a deal. This is d price u pay for fighting globalization. U can't eat ur cake and have it. This looks more political than business. If Google like, make dem pack comot from Europe, they will promote a substitute. Trump makes no one feel sorry for them. So US has been raking this much from Europe and silly Trump keeps shouting Nato. By the way, Sergei and Page were probably in support of climate change because they realized Trump was putting them in deep poo. Merkel no wan hear oh.

jayinfo2:

Going by your analysis I think ur ideology might be wrong

If I am searching I would love to land on my required page and not on another page that would still warrant me looking for what I need .
Searching should be able to locate required output at a click

Exactly Google's claim. However, this does favour the sites Google search was supposed to go through. One thing you got to grasp is that there is a policy Google search has breached.

Well, probably they are doing this because they think Google has grown so big. But Google got this big through pure hardwork, sheer determination, deadly dedication and out-of-this-world user friendliness and customer centric policies. Those EU lazy ass competitors should do the same rather using the court to get a back door leeching access to reap from Google's years of hard labor and sweat.

nnokwa042:
google think Europe is Nigeria where government won't allow any body to compete with dangote, Nigerian government will pull the person down like obasanjo did to ibeto and his cement

Well said joor.

Those brain washed kids jumping up and down here don't get it.

AlanTuringAI:
So they expect Google to use their platform to promote their rivals? It isn't a day's job that Google made themselves the search engine of choice worldwide. They worked their asses off technically and otherwise to achieve that confidence amongst people. All of that won't be sacrificed in promoting bing and the likes. Isn't it about business anymore?

This is bullshit. They're basically telling google not to benefit from their own idea. Or it not their platform?
The eu is just greedy.

BroZuma:
Those are the building blocks of capitalism...

Very correct!!.

That's how capitalism works. And that's exactly what happens offline among competitors. The only difference here is this's happening online.

When capitalism allowed to work to the letter consumers could get everything free due to competition among companies. I think Google is being persecuted here for making things free- which works against capitalism. If Europeans invented Google, they'll have made it a paid-service. Imagine if you had to pay each time to search for something online.

Google is the only company I see that have a digital vision to solve the world's poverty problems..If the European Union cared for people, they'll rather work with Google to; for example, turn YouTube to a global free school. I was thinking of this just recently. If there was anything like, World bank, UN, UNICEF, UNDP, that really cared for development in the world, they'll have worked with Google and Telecommunications companies to turn a site like YouTube to a global free school.

Bawsse:
See block o

Yahoo man

KratosCorp:
Well, probably they are doing this because they think Google has grown so big. But Google got this big through pure hardwork, sheer determination, deadly dedication and out-of-this-world user friendliness and customer centric policies. Those EU lazy ass competitors should do the same rather using the court to get a back door leeching access to reap from Google's years of hard labor and sweat.

Germans are lazy abi? A laugh in Jamaica, anyways Europe and American are the same apart from some other minorities ,

When.you own the web...you can do what u like ..but can't get away

You are funny. So Germany is now the same as the EU?

Only an uninformed kid would assume that the present day Europe is anywhere near the same as the US.

Maybe you think it's a lucky chance that made it possible for virtually all the culturally distruptive and game changing innovations to originate from the US since the WW2.

nnokwa042:
Germans are lazy abi? A laugh in Jamaica, anyways Europe and American are the same apart from some other minorities ,

Robbin7:
EU make money again.
Let's pour some wine to that.

thanks wiskey not a wine

KratosCorp:
You are funny. So Germany is now the same as the EU?

Only an uninformed kid would assume that the present day Europe is anywhere near the same as the US.

Maybe you think it's a lucky chance that made it possible for virtually all the culturally distruptive and game changing innovations to originate from the US since the WW2.

any way even if u see German or Danish american u won't know, I got nothing to argue with u ,if an Austrian wake up in the morning and decided to visit america u think he or she need visa? Don't put mouth for Oyibo matter I dey tell u

KratosCorp:
Greedy european cucks. While the US climate, Sergey and Page were busy fostering innovation you dumb asses were busy formulating dumb political theories that had zero bearings on reality. Now you a
re looking for whom to rip off for your incompetency. What a bunch of leeches?

But, Google, I hope you are learning that your political correctness is a poo when it comes to the Socialist Cum Islamic Caliphate of Europe?

Nof said.

A very well crafted nonsense.