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		surgical_fire on Aug 5, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google loses antitrust suit over search deals on p... > But denying by court a company a right to honestly pay to another company Considering this is an antitrust case, those payments are not honest.

aristofun on Aug 5, 2024 [–]

That is my point - they _are_ honest (i.e. not stolen or tax evaded, not earned on illegal drugs etc).

But a short sighted court decided otherwise for whatever dumb reason they had.

surgical_fire on Aug 6, 2024 | [–]

Oh, nothing dumb about antitrust. It is an important regulation. Good to see it being upheld.

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