Alphabet has engaged in many anti-competitive business practices to promote YouTube's monopoly. To name a few, Alphabet is currently being sued by the DoJ for

Alphabet has engaged in many anti-competitive business practices to promote YouTube's monopoly. To name a few, Alphabet is currently being sued by the DoJ for illegally monopolising digital advertising technology. That technology, which directly integrates with youtube (and which you or I could not integrate with our own competing youtube-like product), is one of the key reasons that youtube has become as successful as it is. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-google-monopolizing-digital-advertising-technologies https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-googl... They have also recently lost a lawsuit regarding the legality of their search monopoly, which likely also contributed to the success of youtube. https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/5/24155520/judge-rules-on-us-doj-v-google-antitrust-search-suit https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/5/24155520/judge-rules-on-us... The way they leverage the OHA to ensure YouTube is shipped with every Android phone is also highly anti-competitive, and isn't too different from the IE case against Microsoft. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/3/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/googles-iron-grip-on... The same concern exists in the smart TV market. While it's not illegal (as far as I know), the practice of burning through billions of dollars until your competitors are gone and you have an unassailable market dominance is also certainly anti-competitive, and that really has been one of the other key ingredients in youtube's success. None of these are management practices that I would consider worthy of congratulating.