Huh! I didn't know about that. Maybe G isn't too big to fall, afterall.
Sounds like they were asleep at the wheel, too cocky to notice or remember that there are others who know how to do some of the things they do and maybe better and faster. The article says they were taken by surprise.
It also sounds to me like their current business model of paying huge sums of money for companies (and governments) to use their search engine is not going to be so profitable for them, going forward. The competition and the investigation is likely to put a big cramp in that.
Sounds like they were asleep at the wheel, too cocky to notice or remember that there are others who know how to do some of the things they do and maybe better and faster. The article says they were taken by surprise.
It also sounds to me like their current business model of paying huge sums of money for companies (and governments) to use their search engine is not going to be so profitable for them, going forward. The competition and the investigation is likely to put a big cramp in that.