> Google isn't really a monopoly though. They out-compete others for their market share, Chrome is open source, they abide by and push open standards, etc... They don't abuse their position like Microsoft did.

You must be kidding, right? If you are not, please take a look at performance problems various Google websites have in Firefox. Or how recaptcha behaves in FF. This is exactly the sort of abuse of power that MS yielded in the days of IE supremacy.

EDIT: about propaganda, Chrome was late to the party and while it sped up the IE demise, it would have happened anyway. Except we wouldn’t land in "all your data belongs to us" browser monoculture in which we are now.