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> Everyone loves to talk about tech monopolies. No monopoly loves to talk about how it is a monopoly though, most claim to have fierce competitors. Monopolies
by bjarneh 6y ago
> Everyone loves to talk about tech monopolies.
No monopoly loves to talk about how it is a monopoly though, most claim to have fierce competitors. Monopolies usually pretend to be part of much larger markets; where they are just "a small fish in a big pond".
- flyinghamster 6y agoA good example of that is the eyeglass "market" that has many seeming "players" that are all owned by Luxottica.
- bjarneh 6y agoThat example is certainly extreme; but these fake "competitors/adversaries" are normal i business. It is not unusual that one competitor becomes so large that it can basically buy up all of its rivals. But it never renames them or shuts them down. They just chug along - looking like competition.