Time to break up Google (Alphabet)

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(09-29-2017, 03:39 PM)Yojimbo Wrote: $1 out of every $2 spent online goes to Amazon. One company getting 50% of all e-commerce has got to trip some anti-trust law. And now they are getting into the supermarket business.

65% of all web searches go through Google. Alphabet has been buying up companies for years for phones, cars, internet infrastructure, etc.

Just because one company is big and good at what they do doesn't mean they're a monopoly.

There ARE other options out there, most people just choose not to use them because they don't provide as good of services or as good of prices.

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NOUN

1. the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service: 

None of those companies you listed have exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade. There's nothing stopping others from trying to overtake them. Heck, back in the day according to your definition MySpace was a monopoly on social media... until Facebook took over. Vine was a huge part of the online video, until it died when Instagram took over.

Forcing people to use crappier options that are available but they've chosen not to use is not a good idea, nor do I think the government has any business getting involved in. Get back to me when they literally have a monopoly, like how a huge portion of our country only has one energy choice, or one internet choice.