You don't really need lobbying in order to make Google conspicuous. In particular with their creative approaches to accounting. > Is this the result of lobbyin

You don't really need lobbying in order to make Google conspicuous. In particular with their creative approaches to accounting. > Is this the result of lobbying? In all likelihood there was almost certainly an element of lobbying, in particular complaints about these business practices which eventually coalesced into some kind of more focused activities. It seems a bit quixotic to blame "competitors". Which competitors exactly? That's the whole premise of abuse of dominant market position.