Toronto-based video sharing platform Rumble comes from file a complaint against Google for abuse of a dominant position. She especially criticizes him for highlighting YouTube to the detriment of his competitors.
The complaint filed in the California federal court confirms that ” Thanks to its search engine, Google was able to mistakenly redirect the massive traffic to YouTube and rob Rumble of the extra traffic, users, downloads, brand awareness and sales that it would otherwise have received. According to Rumble, Mountain View has ” unfairly manipulates its search algorithms This means that YouTube is advertised more than other video hosts when it searches.
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The company also cites contracts with brands of phones running Android to have YouTube pre-installed on devices. Rumble explains that she was forced to post her videos on YouTube because “ Monopoly that Google received for its platform through its illegal anti-competitive behavior “Since 2014, Rumble’s videos have had a total of 9.3 billion views and $ 4.3 million in revenue on YouTube. The company claims those views would have been recorded directly on Rumble if Google hadn’t cheated on their search results.”
Rumble’s statements confirm an investigation into the Wall Street Journal in the summer of 2020 about Google’s video search practices. The media had therefore carried out several tests to arrive at the same conclusion: YouTube is highlighted in the search in almost all cases. In fact, the complaint contains a list of screenshots from a Google search called “Funny Dogs on Rumble” which is the answer to YouTube videos.
As a reminder, these lawsuits are already in a very tense context for Mountain View: They are indicted in three different cartel cases in the USA and have to take part in a process that is supposed to be historic. The search is one of the main elements of the allegations made against them. Google has therefore done everything to advertise its own offers and products in its search engine and to suppress possible competition.
Rumble’s complaint shouldn’t help her …
