> How do you know that? There's simply no way to know how some of these companies would've fared because these anti-competitive practices have ensured that prom

> How do you know that? There's simply no way to know how some of these companies would've fared because these anti-competitive practices have ensured that promising startups are smothered before they become a threat. Exactly, and adding to that: what about the tons of smaller companies/startups bought for a unique technology that was implemented under the hood across major products of the tech giants? We don't know about them except if some former employee leaked it, most projects will be private/secret and the public at large will never heard about the impact. Think lots of small "Doubleclick"-ish companies that were bought for a small set of features that were then transferred to major products.