I realize that we are pro-tech around here, but Google really has close to a real monopoly power in many forms of online advertising: search, display, mobile, affiliate, they are pretty much bigger than most of the competition. That doesn't mean they are a monopoly, but they certain can and do set their own rules about how business should be done on the internet.<p>For example, Google artificially inflates their AdWords ad rates using the quality score algorithm. It's an ingenious little black box that they can turn up the dial periodically as needed without looking like they are raising their rates, they're just "adjusting the algorithm".<p>Or, Google has many times changed their organic listings that hurt businesses traffic enough to push them to AdWords. For example, selling links as advertising can get you banned from Google, and Google aggressively pursues link networks because they can be a cost effective way of advertising on Google that is cheaper than AdWords.<p>Google does open source and a lot of amazing things for the tech community, but it's also a business out to protect its core business - online advertising and search. Sure, it has a right to do these things on its own network, but when you own 60, 70, 80% of the internet search volume, it's a fine line between reasonable business decision and anti-competitive behavior.