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Rhetorical question: antitrust when?
They are dominant in search, ads, browser, mobile hardware, mobile os, mapping, and email. They're using their dominance to corece users, and are just getting away with it. The influence they have over the Internet is second to none, and it shows they've dropped the whole "don't be evil" thing.
Judge: "Hmm, let's see if this has merit. I'll quickly google some case files"
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-wraps-up-antitrust-case-against-google-historic-trial-2023-11-16/ in case you missed it
A related trial initiated by Epic Games is to close in a week.
News too. They even need to start funding local newspapers so there is enough content to link to.
Probably never honestly.