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There’s seemingly no let up in Google’s European antitrust woes, as yet another new possible battlefront opens. Advertising competitors OpenX and AppNexus have complained whinged to the European Commission that the Chocolate Factory is using unfair contracts to stop customers employing rivals services (erm, hmmm, theirs …

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  1. ratfox

    Deja vu?

    Wasn't this already one of the topics of the investigation started by Almunia?

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  2. Anonymous Blowhard

    Lifeblood of the Internet

    "advertising is the lifeblood of the internet"

    I thought it was porn?

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    1. DavCrav
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      Re: Lifeblood of the Internet

      ""advertising is the lifeblood of the internet"

      I thought it was porn?"

      No, porn isn't the lifeblood of the Internet, it's a different substance.

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      1. Anonymous Coward
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        Re: Lifeblood of the Internet

        I think you mean different fluid

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    2. Captain DaFt
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      Re: Lifeblood of the Internet

      "advertising is the lifeblood of the internet"

      Ahem, they left out a word there: Advertising is the lifeblood of monetizing the internet.

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      1. John Lilburne
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        Re: Lifeblood of the Internet

        Actually advertising is only there because back in the mid 1990s payment processors weren't in place and there was no way to get subscription income. The internet has suffered ever since.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    AppNexus, which is partly owned by Microsoft

    Well there you go, Microsoft up to it's old tricks again where it's completely hopeless at competing in the market place so enters into proxy legal chicanery. MS build something people want (and will gladly pay for) instead of foisting half baked shit on people; it's called innovation.

    SCO anyone ?

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  4. Anonymous Coward
    Facepalm

    "advertising is the lifeblood of the internet" - really? This just goes to show how completely self-absorbed and egotistical these ad-parasites really are (as if we needed any more proof).

    It's like a tapeworm being upset because its host has eaten too many curries so making it harder for it to grip the gut walls.

    Advertising is only tolerated because most sites haven't looked for any other business models.

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  5. Anonymous Coward
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    “advertising is the lifeblood of the internet"

    Transfusion needed then, I'd say.

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    1. tony2heads
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      Devil

      No

      If the feed off the lifeblood they need a stake through the heart.

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