So let me get this straight...
Google, a private company, did what was in their own best interest? They tried to make money by beating their competitors even though competitors are allowed to advertise on Google's website?
"Google's actions resulted in "significant harm" to rivals" - I would hope so!
Would Walmart allow Target to set up a booth in their store selling the same products for less money?
Would McDonalds allow Taco Bell to sell food inside their store?
Why are we surprised that Google will, "use its monopoly power over search to extract the fruits of its rivals' innovations."
I think the only thing that should concern us is the possible corruption, "An antitrust suit against Google would have pitted Obama administration appointees against one of the White House's closest corporate allies. Google was the second-largest corporate source of campaign donations to President Barack Obama's re-election effort. Google executives have visited the White House scores of times since Mr. Obama has been in office, according to visitor logs."
More ridiculous quotes, "the FTC report said Google altered it to benefit its own services at the expense of rivals."
Last one..."a company working toward an overall goal of maintaining its market share by providing the best user experience, while simultaneously engaging in tactics that resulted in harm to many vertical competitors, and likely helped to entrench Google's monopoly power over search and search advertising,"
Maybe I'm missing the point, but isn't the primary goal of a business typically to generate a profit for shareholders? In this case, Google is aggressive to defend and increase it's market share, even if that means it's competitors have less. If the FTC doesn't want Google to have a monopoly, they should fund better algorithms for Bing and Yahoo.
