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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Having a "monopoly" isn't illegal.

Using your "monopoly" position to pick winners and losers is.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Small addendum, I believe having an unfair monopoly is actually illegal in the US. Google search is currently on the hook for this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah, it's not just the market position.

It's how you gain the market position and what you do with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Correct, anticompetitive behavior on its own is legal, so is a monopoly, both at the same time are illegal