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Meh most people at ASML that I know (admittedly only engineers) consider it a monopolist. Tbf I wasn’t aware that it was an accusation. They acquired a monopol
by skrebbel 3y ago
Meh most people at ASML that I know (admittedly only engineers) consider it a monopolist.
Tbf I wasn’t aware that it was an accusation. They acquired a monopoly position through hard work and risky investments, not through anticompetitive behavior.
And ok they’re not strictly a monopoly because there are other litho makers but if you need the precision of an ASML EUV then there’s no other vendor. Isn’t that kind of the definition of being a monopolist?
- atonse 3y agoWith no skin in the game, I’d say “monopoly” would seem less accusatory (in that it meets the definition) but “monopolist” seems more negative (in that it acts like one, which has negative connotations)