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"the four" don't control as much of the internet as this article gives them credit for. Google has lots of competition: There are many search engines. There a

"the four" don't control as much of the internet as this article gives them credit for. Google has lots of competition: There are many search engines. There are many email providers. YouTube is probably their one service that totally dominates their rivals, although other video sites do exist. Android phones compete with apple phones, and windows/Linux compete with apples other products. Other social media sites exist and compete with Facebook, including Twitter, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. Amazon also has competitors, and Walmart.com is every bit as good as Amazon, but has the option for in store pickup. It seems this article is being a bit hyperbolic

mrisoli 9y ago
Are you sure? Of course, there are many search engines, but Google is an actual verb, people Google as their first reaction to a lot of things, I'll concede they have a lot of competition in other fields, but searching web content and Googling are close to synonyms by now. Facebook also has competition in social media world, but Snapchat is suffering from Facebook's copycat strategy, Linkedin does not serve the same purpose, Twitter has been going down despite having every media outlet blasting Twitter handles. Facebook has 2B users and they are blocked in China. If that is not market dominance I don't know what that is.