Maybe they did initially but the Google of the last 5+ years has been resting on their laurels in terms of search, showing subpar results to drive you towards t

Maybe they did initially but the Google of the last 5+ years has been resting on their laurels in terms of search, showing subpar results to drive you towards their ad results. Then they abuse their special status on chrome and relationships with mobile providers to keep their position. Read the house report page 77 it sheds light on that. Edit: Ah yes the random downvotes without replies -- except it doesn't really change the above. Edit2: "By owning Android, the world’s most popular mobile operating system, Google ensured that Google Search remained dominant even as mobile replaced desktop as the critical entry point to the Internet. Documents submitted to the Subcommittee show that at certain key moments, Google conditioned access to the Google Play Store on making Google Search the default search engine, a requirement that gave Google a significant advantage over competing search engines.417 Through revenue-sharing agreements amounting to billions of dollars in annual payments, Google also established default positions on Apple’s Safari browser (on both desktop and mobile) and Mozilla’s Firefox.418"