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I have been assured by innumerable statists that the government invented the internet.

But I'm not sure in what market exactly Google is a monopoly? I'm pretty sure there are plenty of advertising and big data companies doing just fine.

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You're not sure in what market is Google a monopoly? Searches, for one, internet video as well... If the trend continues, web browsers as well (Chrome is fast approaching the level of usage share as IE at its peak).

Those aren't products. Google's main products are advertising and user data. They can't be monopolists in markets they're not even participating in.

Google doesn't participate in the search engine market. Got it. Makes perfect sense.

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