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I think you may be conflating "dominant player(s)" with "monopoly". The US has close to zero monopolies if you disregard natural/patent/IP monopolies. Its not
by WarmWash 4mo ago
I think you may be conflating "dominant player(s)" with "monopoly". The US has close to zero monopolies if you disregard natural/patent/IP monopolies.
Its not illegal to have a product that consumers overwhelming prefer over the competitors. Google was ruled a monopoly because it was paying other services to default to Google. But it was ultimately foolish for Google because people given the choice still overwhelmingly picked Google.
- hyhatqtv 4mo ago> ultimately foolish for Google Yes and no. i.e. MS would just pay Apple instead if Google chose not to. In a way the EU “neutral” list/wizard for picking the default browser and search engine could be somewhat beneficial to Google.