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Competition is just a click (and $45b) away
justice.gov/opa/press-release/…

> #Google pays $45 billion a year for contracts to lock out rivals, signing deals with “Apple, LG, Motorola, and Samsung; major U.S. wireless carriers such as AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon; and browser developers such as Mozilla, Opera, and UCWeb— to secure default status for its general search engine and, in many cases, to specifically prohibit Google’s counterparties from dealing with Google’s competitors.”

in reply to Cory Doctorow

#Google buys an entire #Twitter EVERY SINGLE YEAR to make sure we don't ever use its competitors' products.