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Being a monopoly isn't actionable.
> If AT&T exhibited destructive network effects, Facebook is them times ten.
No, it's not. AT&T was far worse than Facebook in the practical, and exercised, ability to deny choice in ancillary markets.
> “Market share” measured solely in purchasing consumers is no longer a good sole metric for monopolies.
It hasn't ever been the legal sole metric.
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Being a monopoly isn't actionable.
> If AT&T exhibited destructive network effects, Facebook is them times ten.
No, it's not. AT&T was far worse than Facebook in the practical, and exercised, ability to deny choice in ancillary markets.
> “Market share” measured solely in purchasing consumers is no longer a good sole metric for monopolies.
It hasn't ever been the legal sole metric.