# fasterthanlime on Twitter - Google antitrust filing (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1516197342860484615/ucU_XdGv.jpg) ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/11558745) **Source**:: #from/readwise **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[fasterthanlime on Twitter]] **Full Title**:: Google antitrust filing **Category**:: #tweets #readwise/tweets **Category Icon**:: 🐦 **URL**:: [twitter.com](https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452053938195341314) **Host**:: [[twitter.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2021-10-25]] **Created**:: [[2022-10-01]] ## Highlights - RT 🔒 (with permission): "Ok so, I just read through all 173 pages of the unredacted Google antitrust filing and I have to say that either Google is screwed or society is screwed, we'll find out which. Unordered list of fun things I learned:" ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452053938195341314)) ^241734727 - 🔒"google has a secret deal with facebook called "Jedi Blue" that they knew was so illegal that it has a whole section describing how they'll cover for each other if anyone finds out - google appears to have a team called gTrade that is wholly dedicated to ad market manipulation" ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452053940024057857)) ^241734728 - 🔒"- Google had a plan called "Project NERA" to turn the web into a walled garden they called "Not Owned But Operated". A core component of this was the forced logins to the chrome browser you've probably experienced (surprise!)" ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452053941504684036)) ^241734729 - 🔒"- Google is willing to do almost everything to prevent people from circumventing their ad exchanges - This is what AMP is about - Google habitually insider trades on their ad exchanges in every way you can think of and every way you can't. Too many ways to list here." ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452053942859350021)) ^241734730 - 🔒"- The exchanges are also rigged so that google wins on bids where they aren't the highest bidder. - A large amount of people inside google are aware of all of this - If Google ever tells you some change will increase your ad yield, run. In fact anything they tell you is a lie" ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452053944361000966)) ^241734731 - 🔒"- Google has worked with Facebook and Microsoft to discourage them from increasing user privacy, lamenting occasions where they prioritized their reputation over their collective business interest" ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452053945879302148)) ^241734732 - You can read the full unredacted document for yourself here: https://t.co/aismwE2rkI ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452059536743874562)) ^241734733 - More highlights re AMP performance claims: ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCbGxnYWYAcyzq3.png) ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452066487913664512)) ^241734734 - (For clarity: a locked account gave me permission to republish their thread. You don't need my permission to retweet it.) ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452071005862731782)) ^241734735 - Google manipulating bids behind advertisers' backs: ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCbPF99WEAEwgas.png) ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452075633694105606)) ^241734736 - Re: forced Chrome logins Don't need cookies if you own the browser! ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCbgQ6SXIAU_9OX.png) ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452094513741189122)) ^241734737 - Another thread about the recent Google court documents https://t.co/narfIxISKH ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1452205043717914629)) ^241734738