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Editorial: FTC and Google — why the right decision feels so wrong to so many people

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Editorial FTC and Google  why the right decision feels so wrong to so many people

The Federal Trade Commission’s absolution of Google after a lengthy investigation into alleged abuse of market power induced expected reactions from the principle players. Microsoft was infuriated. Google was triumphant and exuberantly overstated the FTC’s exit. (“Google’s services are good for users and good for competition.”) Lawyers and lobbyists bunched on both sides of the fence to issue scathing or praiseful statements. The court of common opinion is now divided between nodding approval and eviscerating censure. The comment hate being hurled at Google is partly derived from general monopoly-busting sentiment, but there is also a stuck-in-the-past misunderstanding of what Google has become.

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