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> There's also no law against having a monopoly,

Yes there is. It's called anti-trust law and a large part is about pure market share.

It's also illegal to use your monopoly in a market to get advantages in that market. Most notably, you can't use your monopoly to keep your monopoly. (I.e. intel making a deal with dell where dell cannot use AMD processors)



It's legal to have a monopoly.

It's legal to have a monopoly and get advantages in the market.

It's illegal to have a monopoly and then try and extinguish your competition in the current or any adjacent markets.


Mergers get blocked simply because the resulting company would have too much market share. That is a straight up ban on monopoly.

My given example of dell and Intel actually happened and was prosecuted. How does that fit your claims?


Monopoly regulations are enforced inconsistently across time according to political whims. There’re going to be plenty of counter examples to go around.

Monopolies and oligopolies are inefficient. Whether legal or not they result in in detrimental outcomes.


> Yes there is. It's called anti-trust law and a large part is about pure market share.

That's not a law against having one, only abusing one.


Mergers get blocked simply because the resulting company would have too much market share. That is a straight up ban on monopoly.


> That is a straight up ban on monopoly.

No, it's still not illegal to have a Monopoly. The FTC can block mergers that can create them if they believe it will harm consumers, e.g. through higher prices caused by less competition, but they typically won't block them if they think consumers will benefit through operational efficiencies gained by consolidation.


Apple’s market share is 15%. Not quite monopoly territory.


Their market share on iOS devices is a bit higher than that


Ford's market share of F-150s, the best-selling car in America for 30+ years, is 100%. What is your point.


Do they get 30% for every part you put on it they don't make?


How is that relevant.


Can I sue walmart for not letting me put my products on their shelves?

I mean that’s basically them abusing their monopoly on Walmart stores right?

Let’s get things straight. Apple does not have a monopoly on smartphones. Apple does not have a monopoly on smartphone app stores.


Bad analogy. This is more like...

Walmart tells a manufacturer they have to pay a special Walmart surcharge every time a sale is made, and that they can't raise their prices only at Walmart (or give discounts at other stores) to make up for the difference.

And, in addition, after the sale is made, if the product allows the customer to buy add-ons after they bring the product home, the customer is required to go back to Walmart to purchase that add-on, and another Walmart surcharge is assessed; the manufacturer isn't allowed to sell add-ons directly to the customer without Walmart acting as middleman.


Does Apple even have a majority market share though?




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