Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly
by jhawk28 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @10:55AM
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Anticompetitive behavior only matters when it is a monopoly.
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Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly
by CPLX on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:03AM
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This is a common misconception but is not correct.
Anti-competitive behavior can be illegal all by itself. Price fixing is one obvious example but there are plenty of others.
Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly
by tzs on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:25AM
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In addition to most violations of antitrust law being from companies that do not have monopolies, it goes the other way too. You can have an actual monopoly without violating antitrust law.
If you got the monopoly without doing anti-competitive behavior, such as by simple having a better product or by getting lucky and having competitors that all made stupid mistakes that sunk them, your monopoly may be legal.
Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly
by jmisavage on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:25AM
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Correct Apple and several book publishers got in trouble for doing just that years ago in the fight against Amazon.
Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly
by foxtr0t on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:48AM
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This is a patently false statement from first principles. Anticompetitive behavior to keep a monopoly is illegal, but that is not the only case. Cartels, predatory pricing, and price fixing are all illegal with or without monopolies and are all considered anticompetitive practices.