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Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner is telling his friends at Google to “return to not being evil”: the Opera co-founder alleges that the search giant suspended his Google AdWords campaign without reason, preventing his company from promoting their products or services. Additionally, Vivaldi has had to keep its browser identity hidden in order to access many of their services (e.g., Docs) even though it is based on Google’s own Chromium, an open-source project.
A monopoly both in search and advertising, Google, unfortunately, shows that they are not able to resist the misuse of power. I am saddened by this makeover of a geeky, positive company into the bully they are in 2017. I feel blocking competitors on thin reasoning lends credence to claims of their anti-competitive practices. It is also fair to say that Google is now in a position where regulation is needed. I sincerely hope that they’ll get back to the straight and narrow.
A monopoly both in search and advertising, Google, unfortunately, shows that they are not able to resist the misuse of power. I am saddened by this makeover of a geeky, positive company into the bully they are in 2017. I feel blocking competitors on thin reasoning lends credence to claims of their anti-competitive practices. It is also fair to say that Google is now in a position where regulation is needed. I sincerely hope that they’ll get back to the straight and narrow.