“The reason why monopolies were broken up in an industrial economy was that they tended to gain control over the platforms through which their products were distributed.”
Higher on my list would be Google.
“Higher on my list would be Google.”
I would agree and it you can make a better case for it. I’d venture to say 80% of the world uses Google to search for info about anything. “Google it” is becoming part of the culture. When you have leftist organization controlling 80% of the worlds search results you have a big problem.
Amazon is a different story. A lot of things I would normally get from Amazon Prime can be had less expensively by ordering and having it delivered for free to a local Ace or Walmart. I intend to do that more often. But, that fact it that Amazon is VERY convenient and once you have that Prime membership it is so easy to click click click.