Google does do stuff that makes it harder for other companies to compete. bundling many search services and information gathering services(which by their nature

Google does do stuff that makes it harder for other companies to compete. bundling many search services and information gathering services(which by their nature help search and the ad ecosystem) might be better for the consumer(and sometimes worse, i.e., privacy, market concentration) but becomes a huge competitive barrier because a competitor has to offer all those services , not part of them. Are all those bundling moves are best for the consumer ? maybe not. Is google buying ITA - the flight comparison service gives value to people, instead of google recommending you a great flight search when you search for a flight , and letting providers compete among themselves ? or even showing data from flight search providers directly on the page? i'm not sure it's helpful for the consumer, and it would probably decrease competition in the flight comparison services, or maybe even kill the competition totally. Is it a legal monopoly, and break anti-trust laws ? i dunno. But don't mistake the law with the reality.