> but Google didn't buy its way into dominance and maintain their dominance through exclusivity deals.
Then they wouldn't have those deals in the first place.
Companies don't just piss off money for no reason. And the reason is simple: They want no competition - they strictly maintain their dominance through them.
Just saying "No" isn't enough. You have to explain why they have those deals if you think this isn't the reason why. Otherwise, anyone reasonable must disagree by default.
If Apple decides to make a search engine and eats $100 billion out of Google's $500 billion profit (made up numbers), Google will just spend back $100 billion (or whatever constitutes a blank warfare check) for year into completely annihilating Apple's presence. They will literally stop people from finding any page that even remotely mentions their 'AppleSearch' and also deprioritize a bunch of other products too unless if you type out, exact word, 'AppleSearch' or whatever it'd be called.
So now you're Apple, here's a question: Will you spend $200 billion fighting back? When will this stop? You're Apple, and this is a stupid move.
Then they wouldn't have those deals in the first place.
Companies don't just piss off money for no reason. And the reason is simple: They want no competition - they strictly maintain their dominance through them.
Just saying "No" isn't enough. You have to explain why they have those deals if you think this isn't the reason why. Otherwise, anyone reasonable must disagree by default.