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Four more states join US monopoly lawsuit against Apple (ca.finance.yahoo.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Xatolos@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So you don't understand what a monopoly is?

Because you don't have to be the only player in the overall game to be a monopoly, just simply big and powerful enough to be unaffected by the other players which fits Apples description.

[–] Somethingcheezie@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So Microsoft. Facebook Amazon

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 15 points 5 months ago

Precisely. This is why the EU is harder on these companies.

When you get big enough, there are different rules to ensure that you don't distort a market by killing competition. That is anti-trust, and that is considered a monopoly.