Google avoids a breakup of its ad tech business

(nytimes.com)

57 points | by donohoe 5 hours ago

4 comments

  • jordanb 21 minutes ago
    That "Lake America" is doing a hell of a lot of work for Google
    • strictnein 15 minutes ago
      The judge was appointed by Clinton, so they've been in their role for decades now. It seems unlikely that someone who has served that long in her position would rule based on making the child in the White House happy.
    • bitpush 15 minutes ago
      Isnt that updated by some national database and google just pulls that data? Apparently Apple Maps will also get it in a few days, since they get the data from them as well.
      • jvolkman 7 minutes ago
        Yes. We had the same comments about Gulf of America.

        Edit: I don't know that there's an actual database served up by the US Gov, but governments control the naming of these things within their own jurisdictions. All of the big mapping products have the ability to serve up different names based on where you're viewing from.

        And Apple just renamed: https://apnews.com/article/apple-lake-ontario-america-google...

        • ericmay 1 minute ago
          I too remember last year when everyone really cared about that and it was the end of the world and then we got on with our lives because at the end of the day it not only doesn't matter, the naming of these things is arbitrary, and anything that a president can change the name of a subsequent president can modify yet again.

          What do they call the South China Sea, is it the East Sea or is it the West Philippine Sea? What do the French call the English Channel? Is it Le Manche d'anglaise?

    • okdood64 16 minutes ago
      You mean by Judge Leonie M. Brinkema who was appointed by Clinton and has ruled against Trump policies/agenda regularly?
  • paulpauper 12 minutes ago
    what shocker . google has a long history of prevailing in court
    • strictnein 7 minutes ago
      The ACLU has a long history of prevailing in court, as does the NRA.

      Courts should regularly issue rulings you don't like. Their job isn't to make people happy.

  • colincowardly 19 minutes ago
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    • krunck 14 minutes ago
      > a great US institution

      So, too big to fail, but to small to be a monopoly that abuses it's power?

    • johndhi 16 minutes ago
      I'm more on your side than most but surely you don't think zero antitrust enforcement is best for our country?
    • svachalek 11 minutes ago
      Ah yes, the great US institution of ad tech. Mass privacy intrusion in the service of selling clicks for a nickel.
    • cyberax 15 minutes ago
      Companies like modern Google should not be permissible in the even firster place.
  • ocdtrekkie 16 minutes ago
    What an incredible miscarriage of justice. Make enough money and pay off enough politicians, and you can pretty much shoot people on the street in broad daylight.
    • strictnein 12 minutes ago
      Assuming you read the ruling, what do you disagree with the judge on?

      What politicians were paid off to make a judge in a lifelong position who has served for decades rule in Google's favor?

      • shakna 0 minutes ago
        [delayed]
    • unrented7977 11 minutes ago
      If you get elected, you can literally shoot people in broad daylight
    • dgellow 14 minutes ago
      Only one politician to pay, we all know who
      • Petersipoi 3 minutes ago
        Just to make sure I'm understanding, you're saying that Google payed someone (presumably Trump), who then went and convinced a Clinton appointed judge who has ruled against Trump in the past to give the case to Google?

        Is that actually what you think?