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Google's New Web Environment Integrity Proposal Dismissed by Brave, Mozilla, and Vivaldi (news.itsfoss.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

I can't honestly see how any other company can single-handedly stop Google if they go though with this. Google has the ability to strong arm this proposal by having Youtube and Google search dependent on Web Environment Integrity. There are enough alternative to web search but I can't see how anyone can fight Google's dominance in video hosting to stop them.

You would almost have to have every other major website intentionally break on Chrome to even the playing field, and if Google still don't back down you are left with a divided internet.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (4 children)

If you oppose this, don’t just comment and complain, contact your antitrust authority today:

US:

https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/report-antitrust-violation

[email protected]

EU:

https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/antitrust/contact_en

[email protected]

UK:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/tell-the-cma-about-a-competition-or-market-problem

[email protected]

France:

https://signal.conso.gouv.fr/fr/tel-internet-media/faire-un-signalement

Germany: @[email protected] (anti-cartel bureau) of @BMWK https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/DE/Kartellverbot/Anonyme_Hinweise/anonymehinweise_node.html https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/DE/Missbrauchsaufsicht/missbrauchsaufsicht_node.html

Philippines:

https://www.phcc.gov.ph/file-a-complaint/

[email protected]

India:

https://www.cci.gov.in/antitrust/

https://www.cci.gov.in/filing/atd

Canada:

https://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cb-bc.nsf/frm-eng/GHÉT-7TDNA5

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

The UK government won't do anything, they're probably all for this, assuming they understand it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Thank you. Took the words out of my mouth.

If all browsers and standards organizations oppose this idea, but Google does it anyway and it succeeds and takes over, can you imagine how easy the anti-trust case will be?