Is Google a monopoly? | CNBC Explains
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- Google has been fined record-breaking amounts by the European Commission for violating antitrust rules. Is Google a monopoly that needs to be broken up? CNBC’s Elizabeth Schulze explains from Brussels.
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0:19 I just loved how she held up an iPhone when talking about Android.
Hahah
They mad 'cause Apple is becoming more and more irrelevant!
@@Atem_S. Apple just recently became a trillion dollar company, and you are saying that it is becoming less relevant. Have you been smoking massive amounts of pot lately?
It's so insane that people pay 3 times of Android to flaunt apple logo
@@sefer-nv6cn they became a trillion dollar company by buying back their stock wich inflate the real value of it! That's why!! All they do is buybacks!! NO wonder they're worth a Trillion, remove the buyback and the stock drops at least 40% easy! Just look at how much they lost today after the earnings report came out! Also to mention that they're no longer giving the number of iPhone, pad and laptop sold... Why do you think?? So they can keep faking the numbers!!
"If you don't pay for the product , you are the product"
- the social dilemma
Imagine paying to be a product. If you cant, buy an iphone.
i pay with adblock
Wait a sec. So Google having it's apps like Chrome, etc. is Monopoly or misuse of power, but iOS forcing people to download all the Apple crap, Apple Music, Safari, etc. isn't?
Because they are isheeps.
@@md.iftekharhossainrifat2381 hahahaha that cracked me up
IOS is totally owned and used by Apple only so they have freedom of putting what they like whereas, Android is kind of open sourced, if Google puts Chrome and other apps on their Pixel then it's fine but if they force other companies to do same as well then that's how problem begins..
It's similar to how Microsoft was sued for forcing companies to pre install Windows explorer.
@@shadowpat810 Just because Android is open sourced to an extent doesn't mean that Google has any less authority to install software on the phone when you buy it.
B/c Apple only occupied 18% of the market based on the video. You can hardly call it a monopoly when the company's market share is only 18%.
it's not a monopoly, they're just the best!! There's numerous search engine just that none work to the level of Google! Same for maps, email, translation..
Because of android, they just make it difficult to use another search engine. When you buy android you need to make gmail id for sure and for young users who never made any mail id ever it ends up becoming the only one. So yes it is a monopoly.
@@anandkothari9616 you can use any search engine you want.. By default it's set to google ( Just like Apple is Safari by default on their product) but you can choose Bing, Yahoo or any other one! Google is the best search engine right now! So following your logic, Microsoft is a monopoly 'cause when you install windows, you have to have a Hotmail account to set it up password and email notification... Makes no sense!!!
@@Atem_S. Have you even read the entirety of his reply? It's not about the search engine, it's about google forcing you to make a google account just to use android. Microsoft does not force you to make a Microsoft account before you can use Windows, you can just create a local account if you don't want to do that sort of thing. I don't know about apple though.
@@sefer-nv6cn Yes and they're right to do so!! All their services is Android based and it's an ecosystem ( just like Apple) Once you have your google account, you can sign up to all their services using the same ID! Why is it an issue?? PS, Update to Windows10 and go see... TO unlock your PC you need a Microsoft account or numerical password!! What they did is nonsense!! And like I said before, all the email notification and all the other stuff is Hotmail account based!!! You don't have a Hotmail account ( outlook now) you cannot sign up!
THAT'S NOT HOW LAWS OF MONOPOLY WORK. Even windows was the best, but still Microsoft was fined for MONOPOLY, that's why to save themselves they saved Apple from going bankrupt.
Monopoly occurs when the company is taking an advantage of the people by forcing them to pay and buy more. In this case, google doesn’t take an advantage of the people. We choose google because it’s convenient and free.
No, they sell your information to advertising companies...
Theres a difference of monopoly and abuse of monopoly. Google is a monopoly in its essence
Spot On
stifling competition IS taking advantage of the consumers
That's price discrimination. It is not a monopoly because other companies exist.
If Yelp stopped forcing mobile users to download their app, more people would click their links in search results.
The reason they do that is so that you will use their services more often and this allows them to collect more data off of you. If you did not download the app, you are either not the user that they intend to attract, or you did not plan on using their services for a relatively long period of time.
Idk why Yelp doesnt just start their own search engine.
Bro for real. I like Google reviews on my old phone better than Stupid Yelp on iPhone. who TF uses Yelp?! It doesn't even integrate well with iOS tbh because it opens in a whole completely different app than the placesI try to review on apple maps. I just stopped reviewing because Yelp is stupid and complicated and extra. Apple needs to force them to merge with apple maps like Google review merges with Google maps or just stop this war between apple and Google and combine to form a new company.
Fuck all the antitrust laws. I need them to make my life easier, technologically speaking 🤪
Yelp website has the worst UI ever. Doubt their mobile app is any better
@@iMakeItFun I haven't looked at Yelp or a Google review in a long time now, but the reason Yelp was better, was that the reviews were more deliberate and well thought-out. Clicking on a google map to say whatever's on your mind at the time seems antithetical to this. I dunno how good Yelp is now, but if anything, I'd expect integration with Maps applications on phones (if it's a thing) to be its downfall, if it's had one.
To Google, we are NOT the consumers. We are the products that they sell to Google’s real consumers.
Pretty unfair to say Google doesn't have the right to place ads at the top of its search engine. Its THEIR product - they should have the right to show ads at the top of the results and make money from that since that's their business model. What's stores can't place their products at the store windows at THEIR stores?
Indeed, there are many example of other browsers (regardless if they're worse or better) such as Opera (or the new Opera GX) , Microsoft, firefox etc.
These are only the leads and personally, I think each one suggesting a different set of recommended content is MANDATORY for a company to strive.
Besides, the only reason why google is called a monopoly is because it provides its default apps for many android devices that were made by people who they had legal contracts with in the first place, to apply their applications to their services for free.
So it is evident that they invested some to make their plans work, and not just because they were labeled "reliable".
Yes. 100%
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Venezuela's crude oil quality is way worse than Saudi's, Saudi just has nature's gift
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@YaRmgl they didn't Venezuela just has crap oil.
Stop bashing standard oil if you don't know what it did to the market. Oil was selling at around 24 shillings a gallon and by the time it was broken up the price was hovering at 7 shillings a gallon. Not to mention, before the oil market was a highly fragmented industry with no brands that can assure the quality of their products, so very often people's homes were burnt down because of knockoffs. In their time (like today) monopolies had become a dirty word and that is why it was broken down. Decisions made on public opinion are always poor.
3:05 It's free for the B2C market because they use our personal data for selling in the B2B market. All as a service mode
Microsoft is a monopoly, almost no one puts LINUX on their PC device. google maybe from a phone point of view but certainly not from a browser point of view
If a monopoly is achieved through honest service, A leap in value and raising the bars for Competition Then It Is a well deserved one.
Otherwise, It has to be regulated and controlled
Honest service wtf their search results are junk because they have only one goal, and it's not finding the information you want, it's shoving a completely unrelated product down your throat. Android is a spyware listening device to further sell you garbage and the US government can access the data google collects and use it against you. Honest service my ass GTFO I can feel the millennial fanboy in you.
@@MichaelDespairs calling their search results junk is not an objective view on the matter I think. You do need to know how to find information to make tools like google useful. The federal government of the US may access google’s stored user info if there is a valid warrant to... that is not the company’s fault, it is how the country operates. Google has to comply with transparency because if it does not, the can cease google’s operations from that country.
@@MichaelDespairs also you have the right to opt out of google’s user data collections services if you are using android.
Well you are right sir but here is the thing
When owner ship changes there are bound to be some changes.
Monopoly is always bad because you can't trust anyone always.
Let's take airbus and boeing the duopoly sure they do things right. But they stifle innovation when they root out competitors.
When you search “is RUclips a monopoly” they send you here.
Very clever.
I guess it's a little different from the price of oil in the early 20th century, but if you ever bought an Android phone and didn't sign it becomes quite uncomfortable. Google, as many companies start offering these products, that seemingly for YOUR benefit. But when you don't accept the offer. You wake up one morning sleeping next to 🐴
How is Walmart not a monopoly just asking
@3:15 They are not FREE! We are paying for them with the most valuable commodity in existence: information. The data collected by heavy usage thanks to the app being "free" is so much more valuable than charging $2.99 for an app sale. We're all getting fleeced to save less than a hundred bucks a year.
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I can explain it to you
The share market runs on a simple theory of demand and supply.
For example if you take the example of a company like Tata then if the demand of shares of tata increases then the price also increases and the vice-versa.
@@tejaswkumarkothari8085 not really
@@epicgamer8938 There are other factors too. This is the basic factor
Well Explained Thank u
No one can have Monopoly, what people need is a better product whosoever provides it, he is the king!
A newer, more discreet version of a monopoly (but still a monopoly) is what Google and other tech companies are aiming for. What have you been snorting to think that companies cannot achieve monopoly?
do not forget about barriers which creates market structure... not everything is in the hand of disruptor or innovation
Winner takes all, loser takes none. ~Capitalism ~
DuckDuckGo is better anyway.
Google might have a monopoly, but it's undeniable that the users benefit from Google's efforts.
Everone should thank Google for its innovation. Regulators must bring in laws to prohibit unfair practices, rather than breaking up the organization.
At some point, when Google reaches total monopoly of the market, it will stop innovating.
This is why monopoly is bad.
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How influencial are magazines like The Economist really? In policy circles?
Pertinent questions indeed 👌
when they become a monopoly they raise prices
Personally I think google products are good and helps me allot and I've tried others and some might be better but most of google stuff is good. When a company conplaints google is monopolizing but the consumers doesn't, in fact google increases the productivity of the community, isn't that what we all wanted? Now european have to pay for stuff that is actually free because it violate a fair market rule. What a joke. It completely ignores the benefit of it and not even considering any feedbacks from the consumers point of view. Prioritize companies profit over product and controlling competative market are the true definitions of a capitallism economy in my opinion.
I'm assuming most of the peeps in the comment section doesn't pay attention to signs.
and when to stop things before they're worsened.
classic middle income mentality.
RUclips is monopoly.
4 things people can't survive with are gogle search,Google maos,Google pay andr RUclips
I love Google!
Me too
@@dnhn.design google monoph I meant monopoly boo google 👎🏽💩💩😂
It's literally Google's product. If the phone makers don't want to use their product make their own or go with an alternative.
Yes. Yes they are a monopoly. The fact that you have to ask is key. They are a bad one too that hurts customers.
LMFAO the EU hate google. I love it.
Google is my favorite tech company
Actually google is not a monopoly, there are other choices like yahoo, bing, duckduckgo but you don't choose it
Right! But can delete or go somewhere else but choose not to.
Make a video on Google's parent company Alphabet Inc.
i like when thy point to a place in the video and say check out all of our other videos over here and nothing shows up lmao
No, Amazon is a monopoly, Google doesn't have prime, a website, a delivery service...etc.
Easy answer, YES YES YES. Next. Now let's all enjoy the antitrust lawsuit.
I don't know if google is a monopoly, but youtube is definitely a monopoly, and it needs to be split
how about comcast since its a monopoly on the internet oh wait you OWN THEM
I would add one thing that google make in order to keep a monopoly, in order to stop the rise in windows phone, no google app has been available on windows phone, and that makes these phone really unusable, that's unfair.
you know what , i am watching this in Chrome
Video on Amazon Please
google's response: ill turn it off mate. try me
Google made sure to push Microsoft's clunky Pocket PC and Windows Phone off the cliff. It was for the better. But long term, it's not good for the consumers that there are only two options, Android and iOS. There should be a third OS available. There's Kai OS for feature-phones, but Google bought Kai, and that makes it a part of Google.
Pearson is monopolizing the education market. If y'all wondering why your college books costing so much, its because Pearson bought everybody and now can raise prices without restriction
aaaah!dear Eu,google is free..you dont have to use it.so the staff about monopoly is all bs
Plain and simple. YES
Just Simply don't use a phone
This is too late. Everyone knows why and how much Google is fined, please try to post these type of news as fast as possible
Google is a new God answering every question.
If someone is searching in Google and their results will show obviously on top....and pre-installed apps like google chrome maps in their Android operating system is not wrong I feel and also if people didn't like Google is not forcing them to use that.
People can't open crap now days , it's there service why would they let the others out top them? Smh how bout they try and build something better instead of hating on Google and what they built? I hate this world we leave in
Elizabeth
That is the reason why EU don't have big tech.
Uhh.. Spotify, Trivago, Mojang, Zalando? You may not use anything from these companies but saying that EU does not have big tech companies makes you look like a blithering idiot.
Government around the world want a share of profit from google. Cannot denied Google had help a lot small businesses, google map make people life more easier, travel made easy, can search item/product around the world. My question is why government wanna limit it? Don’t tell me about the privacy, monopoly, because it none of the ordinary people business. As long as it’s still provide free, it’s still fine for me.
Sometimes I just don't understand western people policy and perspective about stuff.
I dont get why Google can't promote search results that favorable for it , in it's own search engine.... that's ridiculous
Your comment is ridiculous. That sort of commercial posing as "search engine" is beyond immoral.
I had horrible phone service.
I changed 2 carriers finally I decided not to sync my main Google account to my new phone and now I have perfect service. Go think about that one.
Yes, google is monopoly. But why should we care ? It's freaking GOOGLE. Why we need anything else ? It's simple, easy to use. I can't even imagine using another search engine.
Google should be monopoly😊
Because Google-god knows everything😘
A monopoly reporting a monopoly
Just Keep uploading such awesome videos
The question should be, is the US a monopoly?
They have the petrol dollar. The UN is founded in the US and has the US and other key countries who cannot be vetoed against nor removed. They also have army bases globally positioned.
0:37 Monsanto anyone?
Gotcha ya'
They can use, sell location data to now what, where people want to purchase something. What will hapen when the most people in the world will be out of money?
Is that even a question 😂
I know right? Google is not a monopoly.... everyone is free to just search on bing.com, yahoo.com etc. But somehow everyone uses google instead. No one is forcing you, therefore not a monopoly.
I felt so proud because I've studied about The Standard Oil in US History and remembered everything, but alas it has no use because I've been kicked back to India :(
SO is Apple
I am from India I tried using duckduckgo and it was terrible at local results if you want the best results possible it's Google there is no alternative at least for the time being
and btw no one buys from google most ppl go to amazon or ebay or some other place WTF.........
Google service are mostly free.. Apple charge money for everything.. Even Android is open source and free for everyone...
It’s not free because you are the product
*Topic need to explain* "How to fight wealth inequality?"
Communism?
@@skt0456 Communism is bad
Standard Oil isn't the best example of the kind of monopoly Google has. The Hollywood Antitrust Case of 1948 would be a better example, where the Supreme Court decided it was problematic for movie studios to own theaters as well. That's an example of a vertical monopoly, because they controlled both production and distribution of movies. That was just the difficulty legislation had keeping up with the early television industry, now look around you at Apple and Google for examples of things that would seem wrong on the same basis as the reasoning used in that case.
So the EU fined Google a whopping $5 billion.
Times must be hard for the EU
Problem is, who care about Google rivals :)))
If Google don't pre install their apps, people will still find the way to download it on Play Store, becuz it's amazing
>It's not a monopoly because the book says it's not a monopoly rrreeeeee
It's not a monopoly because competitors technically do exist.
Interesting to realise that you see a video like this in Google's RUclips..:p probably a monopoly...
It's cnbc us news channel they will not remove it me being in India hace to use the os of us there are no other options old keypad phones were great I will be giving up the smart phones from next year amd buy a keypad one
yes it is as peter thiel said only monopolies can survive and thrive !!!!!
Yahoo and Microsoft should be encouraged to compete with Google Bing search engine business. As well as Apple which is the biggest competitor of Google.
EU lacks fund, So they raising funds by fining big company unnecessarily.
plz explain stocks briefly!
How google make money by taking phone data ?
Wrong question
Why google is a monopoly?
Yea
The fact that you can't live without Google maps is the reason it should be restricted bcz what if google decides to charge hefty fees for apps and there is no rival...
Well its okay for me because they have a good service
Reliance of Mukesh ambani should also be broken it's a monopoly in oil & Telecom & soon going to disrupt E-commerce
But ONGC is bigger than Reliance. Break ONGC. Jio controls 28% market share which is far from being a monopoly. You are concerned about Reliance in E-Commerce which doesn't exist. They are planning to start one but didn't do it yet. Moreover you forgot they also have Media and Entertainment. But your Congress won't say that. They didn't utter a word when billions of dollars of construction and infrastructure projects were given to Reliance because at that time Congress was in power. The biggest companies in India are PSU and PSB like Indian Oil Corporation and SBI. Break them first and then talk about Reliance.
@@AveekKumarSharma Reliance is a private company Means for Profit while ONGC is a public govt company
@@sanukumar752 ONGC also earns profit. Has ONGC given free petroleum if it is a govt company?
@@AveekKumarSharma I don't know but no country breaks state owned Industry unless it's in losses & ONGC is generating profit for govt
Weird to use standard oil as an example of a monopoly. Oil prices fell from 26 cents a gallon in 1870 to 6 cents in 1898. Is this the mark of a monopoly
Eu runs low on money lets sue a giant company for being too good
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If so, Why did you release this video in youtube?, owned by a monopoly company. If you are a pro anti monopoly, you would have released this video in some other platform
There is nothing like a free lunch!!! so it is!!!
Google services are not free they use personal information And how much is personal information worth ?? Can a price tag be on it, personally, I feel my personal information is worth all of a lot of money. And each individual should decide what their personal information is worth.
I wasn't actually expecting my profit from Austin today.too good to be true but I just earn from Austin platform...
there's no such thing as monopoly.
What do you mean? The electric is a monopoly, but that's allowed because if it were open to the free market, then that'd be dangerous because companies would be skimping out on certain equipment for power lines just to lower costs and raise profit. It's resulted by the government
Good observation
One of the most beautiful reporter
So is there a company that can beat Google? No. Then why fine them?
Ray Mak "fining" is a way of regulating it. so that google stays on the path of its "mission".
governing bodies sense that google is on its way on becoming an absolute monopolist.
so yeah. quell it, while it can be quelled.