The Google Lobby: More Powerful Than You Think

In terms of lobbying, Google's approach is more benign, since they're not really looking for tax dollars to be directed at them, but rather to be able to conduct their business without government interference.

Can anyone tell me what the point is of having anti-trust regulations in the tech world? Having the FTC be able to block the AdMob acquisition, is that really something that is going to hurt the consumer? It seems to me, that outside of the natural resource sector, you really don't need anti-trust laws since anything that is created with human labor (ie. software) can never really be monopolized. Even if Company A were to acquire all of their competitors and then try to raise prices exorbitantly to screw over the consumers, Company B would be able to enter the scene and collect market share from them. As long as we have startups, it seems impossible for any company to truly have and sustain a monopoly (unless you're dealing with things created by nature, instead of human labor).