Google has competition in Search. I don't think anyone claims they are a monopoly in search. Powerful position, yes. Monopoly, no. Also, the issue wasn't, "

Google has competition in Search. I don't think anyone claims they are a monopoly in search. Powerful position, yes. Monopoly, no. Also, the issue wasn't, "Free", or "Leveraging profits", it was "Tying", which, in certain cases when you are a monopoly, turns out to be problematic when one is trying to maintain the appearance of a competitive marketplace. The US Government wasn't there to protect the companies, it was there to protect customers. I, for one, am happy that Microsoft wasn't given free reign to do anything it wanted after it had established a monopoly position on the desktop. Likewise, if Apple is ever able to achieve 90%+ market share on mobile, many of their practices today (such as giving their own developers preferential access to private APIs, or being able to run outside of a sandbox) should be reigned in.