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Let’s compare against other consumer choices. Can the … - Coke-Pepsi duopoly be broken? - Google-Baidu? - Nearly any professional sport is a monopoly (NFL, N

• lessname 4y ago
  Baidu is not a competitor to Google. Even if there was an English version of it, with so much censorship it wouldn't be able to compete. Bing and (maybe) Brave Search are small competitors to Google.
• echelon 4y ago
  > Coke-Pepsi duopoly be broken? Dr.Pepper, Monster Beverage, Redbull, Asahi, Arizona, and thousands of other smaller players exist. > Google-Baidu? Google is a search monopoly for English speakers. Steps should be taken to remove Google's ability to enforce via Chrome and Android, or prioritize adsense sites. Perhaps the DOJ can split their business units or force third party offerings to be required. > Nearly any professional sport is a monopoly (NFL, NBA, etc) If sports aren't fungible, XFL. If they are, there are thousands of leagues. Did you know Michael Jordan played golf?
  • toast0 4y ago
    > Dr.Pepper Dr Pepper is often bottled and distributed by Pepsi or Coke, especially outside of the US. Coke has a competing "pepper" drink (Mr Pibb), but mostly markets it in areas where the Coke distributor doesn't have rights to Dr Pepper.
    • echelon 4y ago
      That's just business logistics, though, and the company is free to form relationships with other distributors if it so wishes. At the end of the day, the Dr. Pepper company is marketing and earning the lion's share of the margin for their product.
  • avrionov 4y ago
    Monster Beverage is owned by Coca-Cola.