I'm so tempted to just leave it at that, but in the interest of not contributing to HN's slow de-evolution into Reddit, I'll add that:
1. Google is arguably not a monopoly, all its products have at least some competition as you yourself already pointed out.
2. Whether Google is "dysfunctional" is a matter of opinion. It's not without problems certainly, but its also a highly successful company with millions (maybe billions) of satisfied customers.
3. A lot of the arguments for Google being a monopoly have less to do with market share and more to do with vertical integration. My point is that vertical integration has a lot of benefits. Trying to use anti-trust law to outlaw it would likely turn out to be very foolish.
I'm so tempted to just leave it at that, but in the interest of not contributing to HN's slow de-evolution into Reddit, I'll add that:
1. Google is arguably not a monopoly, all its products have at least some competition as you yourself already pointed out.
2. Whether Google is "dysfunctional" is a matter of opinion. It's not without problems certainly, but its also a highly successful company with millions (maybe billions) of satisfied customers.
3. A lot of the arguments for Google being a monopoly have less to do with market share and more to do with vertical integration. My point is that vertical integration has a lot of benefits. Trying to use anti-trust law to outlaw it would likely turn out to be very foolish.