> Instead of nurturing competition ... regulate it into being. Regulation is exactly how you nurture competition. That's what a government is supposed to do.

> Instead of nurturing competition ... regulate it into being. Regulation is exactly how you nurture competition. That's what a government is supposed to do. Instead the US not only allowed but actively encouraged the google/apple duopoly to control the whole market. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture for clarification.