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Monopoly is not a requirement of anti-trust. Anti-trust can be non-competitive behavior. The fact that Apple has not been brought on any kind of anti-trust char
by thechut 14y ago
Monopoly is not a requirement of anti-trust. Anti-trust can be non-competitive behavior. The fact that Apple has not been brought on any kind of anti-trust charges is pretty messed up.
- masklinn 14y ago> Monopoly is not a requirement of anti-trust. For a single company, you need at least a "dominant position", the other anti-trust triggers are company mergers and cartels (inter-company agreements distorting the market). Apple has not been brought on any anti-trust charges because there's no anti-trust charges which will stick to a single non-dominant (marketshare-wise) player.
- bd_at_rivenhill 14y agoThey've definitely been hit with charges related to forming a pricing cartel in electronic books.
- masklinn 14y agoOn that one yes. They have also, in the US, been taken to task over the "no poaching" agreement thing.