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by Veratyr 3290 days ago
> Free markets win every time.

Unless they result in a monopoly, which has arguably happened in the case of Google. Users only want to use one place to search, Google is currently dominant and the problem seems solved well enough that no newcomers are likely to succeed in the future.

Now Google is using its monopoly on search to move into a new segment (shopping) with an unfair advantage.