In all cases monopolies are bad. If you see it from a socialist POV, a monopoly should only be public and democratically controlled; if you look at it from the

In all cases monopolies are bad. If you see it from a socialist POV, a monopoly should only be public and democratically controlled; if you look at it from the capitalist/libertarian side, any actor who can manipulates a market by itself prevents this market from working, stifles competition and should be broken up. If there was a public, open standard such as Android (without google apps), many makers from around the globe could compete by shipping their hardware and a variety of software options. It happens only partially because of Google heavy hand, but it would work perfectly well without google (as it does in India and China).