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You've moved the goalposts. A monopoly usually refers to market share or ownership over unique technology. Neither are true with Apple.
by averageRoyalty 2y ago
You've moved the goalposts. A monopoly usually refers to market share or ownership over unique technology. Neither are true with Apple.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y agoFrom my perspective, the concept of monopoly has to change to include apple, but i can't put in words the problem I'm feeling
- EMIRELADERO 2y agoI believe this comment[1] could be it. "They should add a simple new heuristic to determine an abusive monopoly. If a company is imposing a volume surcharge instead of a volume discount to its biggest customers, it means there exists an abusive monopoly and regulatory intervention is needed. There is absolutely no reason in a well functioning market for this to occur." [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30111829 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30111829
- syndeo 2y agoThat's really insightful, actually. Dang.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y agoI haven't done a deep analysis, but that sounds perfect. It also clarifies why I dislike so much the concept of a Gaming Console (vs a computer)