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points by nsoam 5 days ago | 0 comments
Some results also have thumbnails. They could easily be turned off. That doesn’t mean thumbnails are a different product, or an abuse of monopoly power.
[–] Brian_K_White 5 days ago
It does if the thumbnails are harmful and you're as market dominant as Google with the incalculable levers of coersion like turning off your email or drive which they spend 20 years actively doing everything possible to get everyone to use.
[–] nsoam 5 days ago
Whether the AI summaries are harmful to users of Search has no bearing on whether the AI summaries are an abuse of monopoly power.
[–] Brian_K_White 5 days ago
They are both, but one is the only reason the other matters.