I looked at your examples of network effect monopolies and a lot these aren’t very convincing:
Chrome isn’t a monopoly at all. I guess maybe some websites work better on it, but I’ve been using Firefox for years and never run into this. If you want addons that work well, it’s trivial to use Firefox. The fact that most people don’t care doesn’t mean they’re being forced to use Chrome.
The complaints about Facebook seem like they would apply to any site that’s ad-funded, monopoly or not. If you threaten a company’s funding source, they’ll block you. It’s also worth pointing out that Facebook isn’t a monopoly in their actual business (selling ads). Their actual customers have plenty of options (Google, Twitter, TV, mail, etc.). Their products also have other options (Twitter, Discord, Snapchat, whatever the youths are using these days).
Grubhub’s fake restaurant thing was an attempt to get users/restaurants specifically because they’re not a monopoly. If they were a monopoly, restaurants would be signing up on their own (since it would be the only way to get business).
Some of the other links are more convincing, so it’s strange to start with the weak examples.
I looked at your examples of network effect monopolies and a lot these aren’t very convincing:
Chrome isn’t a monopoly at all. I guess maybe some websites work better on it, but I’ve been using Firefox for years and never run into this. If you want addons that work well, it’s trivial to use Firefox. The fact that most people don’t care doesn’t mean they’re being forced to use Chrome.
The complaints about Facebook seem like they would apply to any site that’s ad-funded, monopoly or not. If you threaten a company’s funding source, they’ll block you. It’s also worth pointing out that Facebook isn’t a monopoly in their actual business (selling ads). Their actual customers have plenty of options (Google, Twitter, TV, mail, etc.). Their products also have other options (Twitter, Discord, Snapchat, whatever the youths are using these days).
Grubhub’s fake restaurant thing was an attempt to get users/restaurants specifically because they’re not a monopoly. If they were a monopoly, restaurants would be signing up on their own (since it would be the only way to get business).
Some of the other links are more convincing, so it’s strange to start with the weak examples.