> their market dominance is just evidence of the superior consumer value they provide.
I don't think that's true.
They leveraged their search engine dominance to push Chrome on people with banners stating that the user experience would be better on Chrome.
They bundled the Chrome installer with a load of other app installers and users would immediately find themselves with a new, default browser, because Google knew most users never explore advanced installer options to discover they needed to opt-out.
Google maps is far worse than OSM and HereMaps in my opinion, but it is far more pervasive because it is the go-to mapping service when users perform a search.
I don't think that's true.
They leveraged their search engine dominance to push Chrome on people with banners stating that the user experience would be better on Chrome.
They bundled the Chrome installer with a load of other app installers and users would immediately find themselves with a new, default browser, because Google knew most users never explore advanced installer options to discover they needed to opt-out.
Google maps is far worse than OSM and HereMaps in my opinion, but it is far more pervasive because it is the go-to mapping service when users perform a search.