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Amazon has clear and healthy competitors; Walmart, Cosco, Alibaba, Ebay and so on. It would be a struggle to prove that they're a monopoly, let alone that they're using their monopoly illegally.

Whereas Google has something like 95% of mobile search, and actively consumes competitors or, allegedly, wields its monopoly to drive traffic away from them.

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And what would you go after Facebook for? The same thing as google - advertising. But their market share is smaller than Google's.

I mentioned Search, not advertising.

I agree with your assessment. My point is just that search volume or user volume is an indicator of the size of the ad market, which is what any antitrust litigation will mostly be about.

They're not concerned with the user experience under these companies, they're concerned about economic impact, which is mostly felt by people doing marketing on their platforms. Facebook is a social media company the way the Yellow Pages was a book publisher - it may be the most visible product they make, but it's not how they actually make money.

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