Apparently the US government is finally getting ready to sue Google for monopolizing online ads. Why is it taking so long? It’s because Google and other large high-technology companies deliver a lot of value-added in products and/or services. Google has been monopolizing the search business for years, and selling ads is how they monetize their search efforts.
Who has ever heard of DuckDuckGo? It turns out that there IS an alternative to the Google search engine. By any measure, it is tiny compared with Google. Interestingly, it has some advantages, including the absence of a pile of unwanted Google products and services that come with the search. And DuckDuckGo emphasizes that it does not collect or share your personal information.