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Re:Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead by three_seagrass on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @12:48PM (#23630437)
Probably because those are not really monopolies.

People like to conflate being popular (having large marketshare) with being a monopoly (exclusive control of supply). Being popular in those markets is likely because they do not monetize it directly.

Re:Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead by RonanTheGrey on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @02:40PM (#23632092)
> exclusive control of supply

Is not the only, nor even the most useful, definition of a monopoly. And there's also not a magic moment where one second you're not a monopoly, and the next second you are when user X+1 signs up. It's a gradual process and that's why it is such a huge area of law.

Re:Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead by three_seagrass on Thursday June 25, 2020 @12:48PM (#23642667)
Monopoly is semantically not very complicated. It's a fairly simple economic principle:

- Monopoly = Exclusive control of supply

- Monopsony = Exclusive control of demand

If you want to redefine it to popular things, you should reflect on your motivation to do so.

Re:Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead by RonanTheGrey on Saturday July 04, 2020 @10:13PM (#23736172)
You might want to reflect on why you want anti-trust law to only apply to the strict definition of a monopoly. That's why it's called "anti-trust" not "anti-monopoly".