It's not just that—their gobbling up (then often killing) promising smaller companies, and offering tons of free products (paid for by spyvertising dollars) sup

It's not just that—their gobbling up (then often killing) promising smaller companies, and offering tons of free products (paid for by spyvertising dollars) suppresses both commercial competitors that might be better, and FOSS alternatives, since there's less incentive to develop, contribute to, or push (to friend and family, or in a business context) FOSS solutions when you know you're competing with something Google provides for free, with a very-expensive team behind it, and a marketing budget. This extends way beyond, but is fueled by, their market position in unrelated areas (search, video, ads)