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Re:Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private brow... by izacus on Thursday November 17, 2016 @12:35PM (#12979505)
Hmm, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't monopoly law (at least in EU) dependant on the companies market power (e.g. the ability to sway market / damage consumer rights), not market share?
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Re:Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private brow... by mikeash on Thursday November 17, 2016 @12:39PM (#12979549)
I imagine so, but it's hard to be in a position like that when you have less than 20% of the market.
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Re:Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private brow... by diminish on Thursday November 17, 2016 @01:13PM (#12979857)
But Apple had 90% of profits, isnt that a better metric of monopoly?
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Re:Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private brow... by grzm on Thursday November 17, 2016 @01:18PM (#12979905)
Monopolies are interesting because they limit choice. Increased profit may be a side effect, but that's it. It's accidental, not essential, to the definition.
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Re:Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private brow... by ryanpollock on Thursday November 17, 2016 @02:17PM (#12980492)
it's actually 104% of profits now http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2016/11/04/apple-ipho...
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Re:Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private brow... by rconti on Thursday November 17, 2016 @02:46PM (#12980768)
Not at all.
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