U.S. accuses Google of abusing monopoly in ad technology
<a href="https://archive.ph/vJYU2" rel="nofollow">https://archive.ph/vJYU2</a><p>I hope something comes of this, but other than a change in administration, what's new on this in the last decade? Hasn't Google essentially controlled most of online advertising for eons? In fact, perhaps more recently Facebook/Meta has chipped into that market more than how things were 8-10 years ago.<p>I was part of an acquisition that Google made in the ad-tech industry back in 2011 and there was a months long DOJ investigation before approving the purchase. The conclusion was it would not harm competition.  Within less than two years our product was eliminated or folded into Google's and the staff scattered to the wind (inside and outside Google), and our customers became Google's customers. They've been doing this forever, back to DoubleClick, etc.<p>Is this timing connected in any way with layoff announcements? Or a general push by the Biden admin generally?<p>Not American, so not as informed about the ins and outs, and genuinely curious.