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by otabdeveloper1 2774 days ago
Google's only product is online advertising, the only kind of advertising that matters in the 21st century.

This is a big deal because they can abuse their advertising clout for evil purposes. (E.g., advertise Chrome but put out a prohibitive pricing scheme for Firefox.)

But it's not a monopoly yet because Facebook and Amazon are competing actors in this space in the USA, and other nations have their own local actors.

In theory, though, if Google went on a really aggressive attack via their Chrome, Android and Analytics properties then they could kill off the competition.

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> Google's only product is online advertising

That's not true. Not even from a particular viewpoint. You might want to rephrase that.

Google's primary revenue stream is from online advertising. They have a myriad of products, without which, the revenue stream would dry up. Youtube is a platform and a product and a brand. Google Search. GMail. Etc.