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No. The only requirement is a "dominant" player. https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/anticompetitive-practices https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/anticompetitive-pract
by pm24601 11y ago
No. The only requirement is a "dominant" player. https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/anticompetitive-practices https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/anticompetitive-practices
This is the reason why Microsoft and Google have both been investigated for anti-competitive behavior even though neither one of them was a monopoly.
The Sherman Act prohibits using a dominant position in one area as leverage to exclude competitors in the same or different area.
In other words, a dominant player has to play (more than) fair in any new markets.
I say "more than" because if Amazon was not so dominate in ecommerce this behavior would be perfectly fine.