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Since the original article is about an EU investigation, I would believe the relevant Wikipedia article is this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Uni

• dragonwriter 10y ago
  > In fact, it is not about being a "monopoly" but about having a "dominant position" While there is a (apparently nonconclusive) presumption raised by market share, the test for "dominant position" seems to be a power-to-take-action test very similar to the pricing power test for "monopoly" -- "A firm is in a dominant position if it has the ability to behave independently of its competitors, customers, suppliers and, ultimately, the final consumer. A dominant firm holding such market power would have the ability to set prices above the competitive level to sell products of an inferior quality or to reduce its rate of innovation below the level that would exist in a competitive market." [0] http://www.concurrences.com/Droit-de-la-concurrence/Glossaire-des-termes-de/Dominant-position http://www.concurrences.com/Droit-de-la-concurrence/Glossair...
• raldi 10y ago
  The comment I was replying to claimed that Google has "a de-facto monopoly on search". That is the claim that my reply is challenging; whether or not Google has "a dominant position" is irrelevant to this subthread.