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📢  文末扫码进裙，免费领取双语精读版 A judge just ruled against Google. But there’s a big hitch Devising a remedy that benefits consumers will be difficult. The Washington Post Antitrust 28 August, 2024 | 748 words | ★★ ★ ★ ☆   This month’s decision in a Justice Department case against Google addressed a thorny question about competition in the digital age: How can a free service violate antitrust laws, when there are no consumer prices to fix? U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled last week that it was possible and that Google had done it, illegally maintaining its monopoly in online search. But he now faces perhaps a tougher challenge: figuring out what he can order Google to do, or refrain from doing, that wouldn’t hurt the very consumers the law is supposed to protect. Google, in Judge Mehta’s telling, leveraged its massive market share to close off any competition. The colossus achieved this by paying Apple and other distributors to secure def ………………………………