Google: The Dog Ate My Homework and I Want a Free Pass to the Circus
May 3, 2022
I read “Google Urges Court To Scrap $1.6 Billion EU Antitrust Fine.” I interpreted the headline to mean that Google wants the court to forget the actions, legal decision, and fine. When I was in graduate school, I taught a class (I know it is hard to believe) and students came up with some wild and crazy explanations for missing group meetings, turning in papers late, and screwing up an examination question. Yep, the “dog ate my homework” was offered to me. I also liked the reasoning of a student to qualify for a free pass to the circus. Yes, that happened.
The write up reports as actual factual:
Alphabet unit Google on Monday urged Europe’s second-highest court to dismiss a 1.49-billion-euro ($1.6 billion) fine imposed by EU antitrust regulators three years ago for hindering rivals in online search advertising.
Imagine. Hindering rivals.
Stephen E Arnold, May 3, 2022
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