Bamboozled by propaganda

Comments like this "If Google has a near-monopoly, it's because they're just that good. Microsoft has a monopoly because it's hard NOT to use their products." really do highlight how clever Google's propaganda has been and how the accusations of monopoly are frequently based on perception or some arbitrary standard rather than objective reasoning. If you believe in the logic of the marketplace, then no monopoly is good; all monopolies, without a single historical exception, abuse their position. The idea that Google is some kind of benevolent monopoly is one of the most ludicrous arguments I've come across in years, there is no evidence that Google works for any other interests other than its shareholders and itself. If you're looking to monetize every aspect of the web then Google is showing the way to do it. Google doesn't aspire to anything more pretentious than making as much money as it can.