At 10:30 AM, Qian Du lifted its ban on 360's products.
Ten minutes later, 360 did the same.
The "3B War" came to a close. The technical back-and-forth and the public relations mudslinging between the two companies finally ended, only to immediately enter a new phase of legal battles.
Qian Du sued 360 for bypassing the Robots protocol to illegally scrape data for rapid content acquisition, demanding one hundred million in economic damages.
In turn, 360 countersued Qian Du for using the Robots protocol to establish a monopoly in the search engine market.
Zhou Hongyi was not one to take a loss lying down. While actively fighting the lawsuit, he also went on a tirade on Weibo: "Monopoly is the greatest evil in this world because it robs users of their choice! And Qian Du's problems aren't just about monopoly. They also maliciously bundle software, make products difficult to uninstall, and leave behind undeletable files. Isn't that just rogue software?"
