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Open Google or Youtube in Edge an you'll see a huge banner advertising Chrome. That use to happen for practically every other browser.

• bduerst 7y ago
  A company promoting their own products on their own websites is far from being criminal. Amazon.com right now just showed a giant splash for buying an Echoshow on their home page.
  • endemic 7y ago
    The difference is that Google has a near-monopoly in search. Amazon is a behemoth, but there are plenty of alternatives.
    • bduerst 7y ago
      There are plenty of alternatives to Google as well. Popularity != Monopoly
  • dalbasal 7y ago
    Imagine your bank, alphabank has 80% of personal bank accounts and 70% of auto insurance. When you check your transactions, you see a notice: "you could save up to x% by switching to alphacar." That's the premise behind antitrust (even though in practice, its 50 years behind the times). If you have dominant market share, things that are otherwise lawful^ aren't anymore. ^Antitrust stuff like anti-competitive behaviour isn't criminal regardless.
    • bduerst 7y ago
      That is _not_ antitrust. It would be anti-competitive in your hypothetical if your bank refused to make transactions to your auto insurance company because it was not the bank's insurance company. Pop-ups in your bank portal are uncomfortable but are not anti-competitive.