And how exactly are these so-called "near-monopolies" hurting consumers? Last I checked, nobody is forced to use Google for search, and people have a choice bet

And how exactly are these so-called "near-monopolies" hurting consumers? Last I checked, nobody is forced to use Google for search, and people have a choice between buying Intel or AMD processors. Just because a company makes better products than other companies, that doesn't make it abusive or detrimental to society (in fact, quite the opposite is true). If Intel's prices were unreasonable, no one would buy their processors and the next best alternative (AMD or otherwise) would steal their market share. Same with Google and Microsoft.