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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Just block payments from advertisers by revoking their business licence.

[โ€“] DreamlandLividity 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Yes, I mentioned that in a comment deeper down. And even before that, just fine them. Chances are they will pay and if not, you can probably seize some bank accounts.

I am not trying to say Google can afford to completely defy the EU, just found it interesting how hard it is to block just google search specifically.

PS: Also mentioned in a burried comment, there actually is a way for ISPs to block google, since DNS over HTTPS is not enabled by default yet in browsers I think. I forgot this since I enabled encrypted DNS like 8+ years ago for myself and just assumed people also have it by now.