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ah yes, the only reason you could ever have for being anti google, et al, is that you want to lie... You started with a decent premise, that google isn't an ac

ah yes, the only reason you could ever have for being anti google, et al, is that you want to lie... You started with a decent premise, that google isn't an actual monopoly because it has "competitors" (and yes, those quotes are intentional). But then you go off the deep end and completely lost me to the point that I didn't even finish the entirety of your post. There are many many reasons that someone could be against google's absolute market dominance.

taf2 7y ago
Where do you see their absolute market dominance... I checked here for example http://gs.statcounter.com/ http://gs.statcounter.com/ and for browsers globally it's 63% that's not a monopoly... I checked here https://www.statista.com/statistics/216573/worldwide-market-share-of-search-engines/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/216573/worldwide-market-... for search engine and 90% is pretty close but it's not a monopoly... contrast that with MS in the late 90s according to https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/12/13/microsofts-market-share-drops-from-97-to-20-in-just-over-a-decade/#5361b19b51cf https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/12/13/microsof... and you have 97% that's a monopoly if it's abused which it was proven they did.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor.... again i find it interesting it's hard to talk about google being a monopoly and not mentioning MS...
- celticmusic 7y ago
  Google doesn't have market dominance in the same way that Verizon doesn't have market dominance in a specific region because you can also get dialup. Technically correct, but not truthful.
- luckylion 7y ago
  > or browsers globally it's 63% that's not a monopoly... You should look at markets, not globally. Google doesn't have a global monopoly (and likely never will because China, Russia won't allow their web to be controlled by a US company), but it has a monopoly in lots of markets (read: countries).
bduerst 7y ago
Google isn't a monopoly, or monopsony for that matter. Competitors are a click away. Having a popular product != having control over the supply of a market. Market dominance through having a better product than the competition is how the free market works.

taf2 7y ago

Where do you see their absolute market dominance... I checked here for example http://gs.statcounter.com/ http://gs.statcounter.com/ and for browsers globally it's 63% that's not a monopoly... I checked here https://www.statista.com/statistics/216573/worldwide-market-share-of-search-engines/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/216573/worldwide-market-... for search engine and 90% is pretty close but it's not a monopoly... contrast that with MS in the late 90s according to https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/12/13/microsofts-market-share-drops-from-97-to-20-in-just-over-a-decade/#5361b19b51cf https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/12/13/microsof... and you have 97% that's a monopoly if it's abused which it was proven they did.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor.... again i find it interesting it's hard to talk about google being a monopoly and not mentioning MS...

celticmusic 7y ago
Google doesn't have market dominance in the same way that Verizon doesn't have market dominance in a specific region because you can also get dialup. Technically correct, but not truthful.
luckylion 7y ago
> or browsers globally it's 63% that's not a monopoly... You should look at markets, not globally. Google doesn't have a global monopoly (and likely never will because China, Russia won't allow their web to be controlled by a US company), but it has a monopoly in lots of markets (read: countries).

bduerst 7y ago

Google isn't a monopoly, or monopsony for that matter. Competitors are a click away. Having a popular product != having control over the supply of a market. Market dominance through having a better product than the competition is how the free market works.