Price Bias Hides Platform Harms

Courts and media are primed to detect monopoly abuse through price changes. When dominant platforms are 'free,' safety and quality degradations—like algorithms funneling minors to flagged groomers—get dismissed as ancillary in antitrust and draw muted coverage. This creates an accountability gap for ad‑supported monopolies. — It suggests antitrust and oversight must formalize non‑price harms or risk leaving the most consequential digital abuses untouched.