A "natural monopoly" is something like the water or sewage or electricity provid...

gaius on Oct 21, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google's CEO is increasingly boxed in by regulator...

A "natural monopoly" is something like the water or sewage or electricity provider where is isn't sensible to physically run more than one set of pipes into everyone's house. That dynamic doesn't apply at all to search engines.