This WSJ story has details about the FTC recommendation to sue Google (overruled by the commissioners at the time). They accidentally sent the WSJ every other page in a botched FOIA request.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-the-u-s-antitrust-probe-...

How do I read it? Do I have to subscribe?

Archive.is / archive.fo generally works.

Starting with the recent EU decisions is probably a good bet. There are three fines the EU imposed: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_vs._Google#EU...

Just one point, but I know that we submitted a complaint to the DOJ about Google’s sudden maps and street view API pricing changes. Their “free until there’s no competition, then we take all of your money” business model fits in the antitrust regulations. We’re hoping they include that.

This is just speculation, but I read somewhere recently that alleged that Youtube wasn't the gift to the world it appears to be. While I love Youtube for the most part (Free, High Quality), it is strange that we haven't seen much competition. Maybe it's a loss leader for Google and nobody else can afford the expense, or maybe they're doing something shady to make sure nobody else can afford to compete.

Can you please find this source? It seems to me like there’s quite a story here if your idea is even remotely true.

I love YT for the instructional videos (how to repair this or that). I would miss that.

I think YT just in the last couple of years went into the black. That’s a lot of bandwidth and they don’t have as many paying subscribers as NFx.