Regarding Go, does Google actually "dominates“? Google has a team for the development of the language but does that mean it dominates?

Yes. To land a change in the Go standard library, you'll need 2 Google employees to approve your change on their "trusted devices".

This is demonstrably false. There are many approvers that do not work for Google.

	▲	database64128 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Have you actually contributed to the Go standard library? Yes, there are people who don't work for Google and can +2 on changes, but you still need 2 Google employees to at least +1 on your change before it can be submitted. This is mentioned in the Contribution Guide [0] and is enforced by Gerrit. > Finally, to be submitted, a change must have the involvement of two Google employees, either as the uploader of the change or as a reviewer voting at least Code-Review +1. This requirement is for compliance and supply chain security reasons. [0] https://go.dev/doc/contribute
	▲	akkad33 3 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		When someone says demonstrably, I expect they would follow up with said demonstration
	▲	dijit 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Then it should be easy to find examples of changes going into the STL that have not had the approval of multiple Googlers.