At this point, Google in many cases offers the best service: DuckDuckGo is good, but Google is better. It is so good that it indexes the CIA's stuff: https://th

At this point, Google in many cases offers the best service: DuckDuckGo is good, but Google is better. It is so good that it indexes the CIA's stuff: https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/416215-cia-operations-in-iran-china-compromised-for-years-because-of-hubris-and-a https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/416215-cia-operations... This is without even considering google dorks, possibly one of the most powerful tools infosec researchers (or even average people) have to refine queries. In the case of Facebook, it offers the best product because its product is really people (the whole "you-are-the-product" issue). Facebook has the most people, therefore the best product. Offering the best product is not a monopoly. Don't forget that MySpace was "the" social network before Facebook, but was displaced. These are not necessary traditional monopolies, and therefore should receive consideration on how they should be treated.