[Angelino97]

I've been told by Libertarians that anti-trust laws are statist. That private companies can only grow large by offering a superior product. And that in a free market, any small competitor could topple even a huge company.

I don't buy a lot of that anymore.

[Mr. Jeeves]

And that in a free market, any small competitor could topple even a huge company.

I don't buy a lot of that anymore.

It's still true - when government doesn't put its thumb on the scale. Google has always been so closely integrated with the intelligence community as to be indistinguishable from a Federal agency, itself. There is no way the IC is going to allow its #1 information source to be disrupted by some upstart anti-trust judge.