Being a master at your own system doesn't mean they are artificially influencing it. It is hard to avoid, and I don't doubt that they know more and use it to their advantage, but I don't think they are doing it in a way that impacts their competitors like you think.
Search for 'search engine' or 'engines' and you will find that Google isn't the first, in fact it is 4th and isn't to the main page but to their custom search engine. There are other cases where this exists, but I guess it isn't the best example just a simple one.
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Being a master at your own system doesn't mean they are artificially influencing it. It is hard to avoid, and I don't doubt that they know more and use it to their advantage, but I don't think they are doing it in a way that impacts their competitors like you think.
Search for 'search engine' or 'engines' and you will find that Google isn't the first, in fact it is 4th and isn't to the main page but to their custom search engine. There are other cases where this exists, but I guess it isn't the best example just a simple one.