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This isn't actually true, in the US anti-trust laws don't take into account company size at all. A small company can engage in anti-competitive practices, and a

This isn't actually true, in the US anti-trust laws don't take into account company size at all. A small company can engage in anti-competitive practices, and a monopoly isn't inherently in violation of anti-trust laws. There are laws that only apply if a company has enough employees, and tax stuff that applies only above certain revenue, but I'm not actually aware of any other regulations that apply if a company has too many customers.

stale2002 4y ago
> in the US anti-trust laws don't take into account company size at all. It takes into account market power. > and a monopoly isn't inherently in violation of anti-trust laws. Good thing that I didn't say that every single monopoly, ever, is in violation of anti-trust law then. > A small company can engage in anti-competitive practices It can, yes. But the law is much more likely to make these practices illegal if the company has a large amount of market power. So yes, the more market power, or larger influence, that a company has, the more likely that some, but not all, laws will apply to them and regulate their behavior.
- joshuamorton 4y ago
  > It can, yes. So they don't "only" apply if the company is large enough? That's what I thought.
  - stale2002 4y ago
    > So they don't "only" apply Some laws DO "only" apply if a company has a large enough market power, yes. The point of the statement, is the general concept of a company being "large", having an effect on if the law applies or not. > That's what I thought. Actually, my previous statement is correct, you just mis-interpreted it. Because I was referring to this general concept of a company being large, and how some laws include this factor as a metric that is relevant to if the law applies. So I was correct the entire time, you just made up a different idea to attack because you were not able to understand what I was saying.

stale2002 4y ago

> in the US anti-trust laws don't take into account company size at all. It takes into account market power. > and a monopoly isn't inherently in violation of anti-trust laws. Good thing that I didn't say that every single monopoly, ever, is in violation of anti-trust law then. > A small company can engage in anti-competitive practices It can, yes. But the law is much more likely to make these practices illegal if the company has a large amount of market power. So yes, the more market power, or larger influence, that a company has, the more likely that some, but not all, laws will apply to them and regulate their behavior.

joshuamorton 4y ago
> It can, yes. So they don't "only" apply if the company is large enough? That's what I thought.
- stale2002 4y ago
  > So they don't "only" apply Some laws DO "only" apply if a company has a large enough market power, yes. The point of the statement, is the general concept of a company being "large", having an effect on if the law applies or not. > That's what I thought. Actually, my previous statement is correct, you just mis-interpreted it. Because I was referring to this general concept of a company being large, and how some laws include this factor as a metric that is relevant to if the law applies. So I was correct the entire time, you just made up a different idea to attack because you were not able to understand what I was saying.