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‘Google Is a Monopolist,’ Judge Rules in Landmark Antitrust Case (www.nytimes.com)

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[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

!degoogle@lemmy.ml

I can't root my Android phone right now to install something like LineageOS, but yesterday, I sat down, installed ADB, and got rid of a mountain of unnecessary crap that comes packaged with Android and which is installed as a "system package" so you're not allowed to uninstall it normally (e.g. Gmail).

It's extremely easy.

[-] Kerred@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If I am looking it up correctly, judge Amit Mehta was appointed by Obama (who had ties with Google), and still ruled google a Monopoly.

I just like stuff like this as it shows a judge can put bias aside in a ruling at least once, supposedly.

[-] vithigar@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Not really. It could be simply that in an effort to not appear biased he over corrected and ruled more harshly against Google.

Now I'm not saying that this is what happened here, but it's just another facet of why it's important to avoid bias entirely, not simply trust that someone can rise above them.

[-] Kerred@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Agreed

[-] Nobody@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Lina Khan should be the next attorney general.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Nah, I think she's doing good work where she's at.

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