It’s feeling a lot like Groundhog Day for Google, which once again finds itself in court over its dominance in search and ads. The tech giant already lost one big antitrust case and is now facing another, but the latest trial comes with some twists, including OpenAI exec Nick Turley testifying this week that his company would be interested in buying Chrome if it were for sale (which it’s not).
Meanwhile, Meta’s antitrust reckoning is also heating up, with regulators asking whether past acquisitions like Instagram and WhatsApp snuffed out competition before it even had a chance to thrive.
Today, on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Max Zeff, and Anthony Ha are digging into the week’s headlines, from browsers and search to AI and social, and why these antitrust cases have us wondering if they’re really breaking up monopolies or just passing the baton to the next dominant player.
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