EU Commission looking for ways to DECLARE WAR on Google

'systematically directing users to its own services'

Yeah, Apple, Microsoft, Tasimo (plus many, many others. Anytime you buy a device that requires some kind of cartridge, disk or perfume bulb which only they sell).

They all want you not buying from anybody else but them, not with quality, but by lockdown.

There ain't no company out there that don't try to trick, lie to and gouge the consumer unless sent to the naughty step by some authority.

Bit risky for governments to declare war on Google...."when they have you by the bollocks, your heart and mind will follow" it is written.

I could declare war on Google, because I don't make much use of their services. If Google disappeared tomorrow, I'd miss YouTube a bit, but it wouldn't take that long for Vimeo et.al to step up.

If you want some free advice from the prolitariat, governments, then do a careful audit of just how much of your IT infrastructure you're outsourcing before doing anything silly.

Bring in the experts!

"I need to have a representative sample of views of those concerned. I have to be sure that we have all the facts up to date to get it right.”

EU: "The Algorithm. Fair?"

Google: "Fair!"

Competitor 1: "Unfair!"

Competitor 2: "Unfair!"

...

Competitor N: "Unfair!"

Independant: "What do you men by fair?"

Everyone: "Ask me!"

Public: $Paranoia ? "Unfair!" : "The what?"

“act decisively on all concerns that have been identified and to find a long-term solution for a balanced, fair and open internet search structure.”

Hark, is that the entire SEO industry slavering at the proposition of an openly defined ranking algorithm for *all* European search engines?

The BBC never promotes Sky TV

But has loads of promotions for its own programs.

Just sayin'.

I like it that the EU is getting past the cuddly, don't be evil image Google is good at projecting. You just have to look at the report by the FTC which shows how Google blackmailed numerous companies like Amazon and TripAdvisor by threatening to drop them from its search unless they did what Google wanted. Google has become fully vertically integrated and now dominates the smart phone operating systems with Android, dominates browsers with Chrome, dominates video with Youtube, dominates web search and dominates email with Gmail. The last piece of the puzzle is Google becoming an ISP with Google Fiber. In the US where ever Google Fiber becomes available it is hugely popular and Google can afford to undercut the competition because Google Fiber users are likely to use Googles services. Hopefully Google facing antitrust actions in the EU will do something for competition and give competing services a look in. Doing nothing and allowing the internet to become Google only should not happen.

But can they untangle tha big plate of spaghetti.........

from the Apple and Cortana sauce ?

BNP Paribas

The US declared economic war on Europe with a 9bn fine on BNP Paribas and fines on other banks. The EU is simply firing back.

El Reg Sheeple at it again

Never seen so many sheep clamoring to be at the teet of the government in all my life.

Microsoft have been busy

I wonder what they paid for this investigation...