US antitrust law right now basically operates on the principle that the only time anything is illegal is if it hurts consumer prices. So that probably explains

US antitrust law right now basically operates on the principle that the only time anything is illegal is if it hurts consumer prices. So that probably explains the convoluted cause of action, in that the only legal way to challenge it is probably with a weird convoluted cause of action like that, because it has to come back to consumer prices somehow to have a chance in court. Google (or anyone) can have a monopoly and engage in anticompetitive practices, it's only illegal if you can show it hurt consumer prices. The law didn't always work that way and doesn't need to, but that's more or less how it is now. https://www.pbwt.com/antitrust-update-blog/congress-hears-challenges-to-the-consumer-welfare-standard https://www.pbwt.com/antitrust-update-blog/congress-hears-ch...