That's the wrong lens to use. Determine monopolies based on the view of a potential competitor.
Say I'm a new search engine startup that has some better tech than Google has, we invented a better wheel. How hard would it be to compete on merit?
Say I'm a new search engine startup that has some better tech than Google has, we invented a better wheel. How hard would it be to compete on merit?
As far as how hard is it to compete, it’s not the governments job to force people to use your alternate search engine. Choosing another search engine is literally just a click away.
You like traditional search engines? Use bing, ddg.
You like AI powered ones? ChatGPT, Perplexity
You want to pay for your search? Kagi
You want to plant trees each you search (!)? Ecosia
There are soooo many choices. But people choosing Google out of free will seems to be a bad thing for Google.