just to be clear, in response to a discussion about big tech companies working to stifle competition (which is bad for consumers), you're asking for examples o

just to be clear, in response to a discussion about big tech companies working to stifle competition (which is bad for consumers), you're asking for examples of something different, in which there is a complete monopoly with no competitors whatsoever? forgive me, but such a topic change sounds a bit like an attempt to move the goalposts, to avoid talking about the actual topic, which is big tech working to stifle competition (which is bad for consumers) to avoid confusion, we can explicitly state here that a complete or successful monopoly is not necessary for a company to work to stifle competition (which is bad for consumers), so let's get that out of the way first