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> Google does not have a monopoly on email 53% of email accounts in the US are with Gmail. What's the definition of a monopoly?
by LeoPanthera 7y ago
> Google does not have a monopoly on email
53% of email accounts in the US are with Gmail.
What's the definition of a monopoly?
- Johnny555 7y agoIs that a rhetorical question or you really don't know? Definition of monopoly: 1 : exclusive ownership through legal privilege, command of supply, or concerted action 2 : exclusive possession or control 3 : a commodity controlled by one party 4 : one that has a monopoly https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monopoly https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monopoly
- wccrawford 7y agoSince they seem to have confused "majority" and "monopoly", I suspect that they really didn't know, but thought they were being sarcastic.
- hyperman1 7y agoFrom my old law courses (IANAL but someone decided programmers should have a basic knowledge of law): * An illegal monopoly should not be absolute. Having >20% of the market has been enough te be considered a monopoliy for antitrust. The main question is if your actions dominate the market. * But having a monopoly is not enough. You can have 100% of the market and be legal. Abusing the monopoly is the problem. Abuse is typically crushing smaller competitors, or using your monopoly in 1 market to push yourself to another market. * Is google abusing its potential email monopoly? My non-lawyer guess is no. Being non-responsive and arrogant is not illegal. * But the google browser and search engine might very well be other stories. Here google seems dominant enough to influence web standards and change other corporations behaviour to raise in their search index. * I don't think US or EU governement are willing to step in, though.