Discussion

• @duckduckgo @duckduckgo on x

  The Q4 2020 results of Google's search preference menu auction have been released and, as we predicted, DuckDuckGo has been eliminated in most countries. https://spreadprivacy.com/...

• @willcritchlow Will Critchlow on x

  This seems to have gone a) entirely predictably and b) entirely as google would want. Not convinced by the regulation efforts https://twitter.com/...

• @matthewstoller Matt Stoller on x

  Yet one more data point showing European Competition Commissioner @vestager's vaunted antitrust approach to big tech has accomplished very little. https://www.wsj.com/...

• @johnkoetsier John Koetsier on x

  I'm baffled as to why there should be a limit of choice of what search engine you want to use >> A system Google set up to promote competition on Android has left some smaller search engines having trouble gaining traction https://www.wsj.com/...

• @ryan_browne_ Ryan Browne on x

  From what I understand, Google's latest Android “choice screen” auction results are set to be announced this week. And it is indeed bad news for the alternative search engines (e.g. DuckDuckGo, Ecosia & Qwant) https://twitter.com/...

• @halsinger Hal Singer on x

  So many takeaways from this failed remedy meant to inject competition in search in Europe. But the primary lesson is that Google should NOT be invited to design the remedy, which will naturally be chosen by Google to entrench its monopoly. https://www.wsj.com/...

• @riptari @riptari on x

  “Anyone with [fewer] ads is getting hurt. Anyone doing privacy is getting hurt. Anyone doing things where they give away profit [to support causes] is getting hurt.” https://www.wsj.com/...

• @stshank Stephen Shankland on x

  Sounds like @DuckDuckGo isn't happy about the auction for search engine placement on the Android choice screen in the EU. https://www.wsj.com/...

• @caseynewton Casey Newton on x

  “Fuck. Fuck. No!” — DuckDuckGo https://twitter.com/...

• @samschech Sam Schechner on x

  Google says that auctions are a fair and objective method to allocate spots on the choice screen. And it notes that companies both big and small have won spots. https://www.wsj.com/...

• @samschech Sam Schechner on x

  New: DuckDuckGo didn't any win spots in big EU countries in the latest round of auctions for Google's Android Choice Screen for a user's default search engine—fueling gripes about Google's compliance with a 2018 antitrust decision. https://www.wsj.com/...