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> Google has a near-monopoly on search. What does that mean? I use kagi, ddg etc. Nobody is forcing anyone to use Google. Woudl you say HackerNews has a monop
by bitpush 13d ago
> Google has a near-monopoly on search.
What does that mean? I use kagi, ddg etc. Nobody is forcing anyone to use Google.
Woudl you say HackerNews has a monopoly on tech chatter? Sure seems dominant, but nobody is forcing anyone to use HN. You can use lobsters, or reddit or whatever.
- troupo 12d ago> What does that mean? It means exactly that: it has near-monopoly on search. On mobile the situation is close to to complete monopoly. > Woudl you say HackerNews has a monopoly on tech chatter? Sure seems dominant, but nobody is forcing anyone to use HN. Google literally pays Apple $20 billion a year to force people to use Google only. But that is quite beside the point. The definition of monopoly does not include "forces you to use it".
- bitpush 12d ago> It means exactly that: it has near-monopoly on search. On mobile the situation is close to to complete monopoly. Would you say HackerNews is a monopoly? Any activity that the user has a choice to use something else cannot be a monopoly. > Google literally pays Apple $20 billion a year to force people to use Google only Apple pays TSMC $XXX billion dollars to get preferential treatment, but that doesnt make TSMC a monopoly or even Apple a monopoly.
- troupo 11d agoJust because you can use minor players does not mean Google isn't a near-monopoly. By all accounts Google Search is 85-90% of global search engine market share. Chrome is "only" 70%. Edit For anti-competitive purposes and anti-trust regulations the main word is market dominance.