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by sm0ss117 2068 days ago
Yea, if something is a Natural monopoly, which search almost certainly is, then it should be a publicly owned utility.
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No search isn't a Natural Monopoly. There isn't some sole magical search spring that Google taps into or a need to dig search lines beneath everybody's houses like a utility. "It is very useful" does not make something a utility - having exclusivity to a commons is what makes it so.

There is nothing exclusive about search - Firefox and many other browsers allow you to choose between multiple search engines at any time without setting a permanent default.