Originally Posted By: drakino
The FTC investigation calls out Googles behavior as being harmful to consumers, but they stood by their recommendation of not launching a formal case against them. The split now is that the FTC feels the settlement from 2013 is good enough, while the EU does not.

My guess is that their disagreement stems from the difference in market share between the regions. Google has a far greater percentage of the market in the EU than in the US. I still don't see how in either case their behavior harms consumers.
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Matt