Judging from the behavior before HowNet, there is indeed monopolistic behavior. In fact, the monopoly behavior of HowNet is not only caused by itself, but also because there is no competitive platform like HowNet in the market. There are many expert works on HowNet, not only domestic scholars, but also foreign scholars, so if you need to do academic research, you must use HowNet.

In the process of using HowNet, you need to pay a certain fee for the papers you need to download. If your school has not signed an order contract with HowNet, then the money needs to be spent by students or researchers themselves. Knowing that the cost of downloading papers online is still relatively expensive, and there are download restrictions. Why is this platform so expensive that consumers have to use it? It is because there is no similar platform on the market with so many expert works.

If there is a platform like HowNet in the market, then this will give consumers more choices. When you use this kind of platform, you may not only consider HowNet, but also apply other platforms. It is precisely because there is no such platform that HowNet has become the first choice for everyone. HowNet also saw its uniqueness in the market, so it continued to expand and squeezed similar platforms that tried to seize market share with it, thus forming a monopoly position.

In fact, forming a monopoly position does not necessarily require it to compete with similar platforms, constantly suppress these platforms, and then expand market share. As far as HowNet is concerned, its market share is very high, so its monopoly behavior is the most important in its pricing. It is precisely because it forms a monopoly in price and gives a price far exceeding that of similar platforms in the market, so it will be considered as a monopoly.