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Ok, if you don't want to break them up, then can we at-least consider anti-trust charges? US anti-trust litigation has degraded to the point of non-existence.
by lenkite 6y ago
Ok, if you don't want to break them up, then can we at-least consider anti-trust charges?
US anti-trust litigation has degraded to the point of non-existence. Microsoft faced anti-trust charges in 1998 that will puzzle most youngsters in HN today - because both Google and Apple do far-far worse. Destroying all competition via control of the market has become normalised US corporate behaviour. Why has this been allowed to occur ?
For all its faults, the EU appears to notice this when the US doesn't.
- robin_reala 6y agoYou’re forgetting the monopoly situation Microsoft had for desktop computing in the late nineties. For better or worse, neither Google nor Apple has a monopoly in mobile, and Apple aren’t really attempting to leverage their natural monopoly in tablet computing (leaving aside the somewhat dubious WebKit requirement on iOS).
- lenkite 6y agoCourts do not require a literal monopoly before applying rules for single firm conduct; that term is used as shorthand for a firm with significant and durable market power — that is, the long term ability to raise price or exclude competitors.