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Re:European Commission fines Google €4.34B in Android antitr... by trothamel on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @10:57AM (#17558991)
Well, there's nothing all that special about the output of a political commission. And the fact that 1 in 5 devices don't run Android would seem to contradict the monopoly accusation.
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Re:European Commission fines Google €4.34B in Android antitr... by Sylos on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @11:06PM (#17563686)
Antitrust does not require a monopoly, it just requires enough of a market dominance that hurting the market is feasible for you, and then exploiting this position to actually hurt the market.

Basically, all you have to do, is hurt the market in noticeable ways. The sole goal of antitrust laws is keeping the market healthy. They're not fair and have almost no rules attached to them.

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