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look at market shares over time. initially you have innovation. then many entrants fight for it. then one wins.

google is search monopoly

amazon has ecommerce and AWS.

netflix was innovator, middle period.

apple is taking 80% of profits in mobile. middle period.

tesla/electric cars is in beginning.

None of those are monopolies.

How is Google not a monopoly? Their nearest competitor is probably 10 times smaller.

bing.com

2.5% market share. Not a real competitor.

I use it. Maybe you can try it for a while and see if you find its results competitive.

Even if the search results are good, Google is still a monopoly.

You need to get the idea out of your head that "monopoly" means literally has no competitor.

Bingo.

To name two which have formed oligopolies:

- cellphone carriers in the US

- airlines in the US

Not monopolies.

So? The post mentioned monopolies _AND_ oligopolies. Whether they're monopolies is thus irrelevant.

Does Google not have a monopoly on search?

bing.com