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Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down by yxhuvud on Friday January 22, 2021 @03:37AM (#25869672)
> (32% market share) isn't a monopoly

Well, neither was Standard Oil by that definition.

Of course, we already know how to solve the problem of companies having too much leverage due to owning too big verticals - namely to break them up. Not to institute everything-goes rules.

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Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down by ChrisLomont on Friday January 22, 2021 @07:32AM (#25871119)
Standard Oil controlled over 90% of production and nearly that percent of final sales.

Courts have never as far as I can find used antitrust on an actor controlling a market at the low level Amazon has here. Can you find such a case?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil

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