Dutchy Ron schreef op 9 oktober 2020 09:23:
www.theinformation.com/articles/a-new...A New Target in Antitrust Battle Against Google: Maps
Maps have suddenly become a new front in the antitrust war against Google. Credit for that goes to Mapbox, a growing rival to Google Maps that steered federal investigators to alleged abuses by the company, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation.
A congressional report on Tuesday, which made antitrust claims against four major tech companies, included a little-noticed allegation that Google Maps abused its market power and harmed its customers. Mapbox, which quietly raised funding this year at a private valuation of $1 billion, influenced a section of the 449-page report that said apps that pay Google to use its maps or location data are prohibited from simultaneously using certain services from rival mapping providers.