While I agree with all your points, mine was different—it’s not that Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon aren’t monopolies. They absolutely are. My point was that there’s nothing that can be done without both new laws and new precedent. I’m on mobile now, so I’ll have to pull up some sources for you later, but the issue is that there’s no case the government can make that will stick, or even have any meaningful effect. In the total absence of any chance of meaningful victory for the government, the DOJ throwing a case like this at a company like Google has long-term negative effects on the rest of us by adding to the pile of precedent that makes it even harder to get a judgement in the future. If I were an utter bastard like Barr, and I wanted a publicity stunt that I knew would strengthen the plutocracy while also giving the appearance to Joe Bob Average American that I’m standing up for consumer protection, this would be high on my list of ideas.