The problem in the Microsoft case was use of near-monopoly in one market (operating systems) to gain unfair advantage in another market (browsers), though even that seems a bit outdated already since the idea of shipping an OS without a browser built-in seems ludicrous today.<p>In any case, that concept of using monopoly power in one market to bolster power in another doesn&#x27;t really apply here with Google.<p>I share a lot of the unease many people have with the amount of power Google has been able to amass as the de factor curator of the Internet, but I&#x27;m also somewhat amazed they are in the position they are in and have been as (mostly) benevolent as they have been.  I suspect it is actually pretty hard work just to remain somewhat close to neutral when you are sitting on that much power.