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Re:Judge dismisses FTC and state antitrust complaints agains... by MattGaiser on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:35PM (#27668496)
At least in the cases of Standard Oil and Bell, you would have needed to define the markets as energy and communication (including the post office) for them to not have had near total control.

You could state the generalized product they sold and their total control was evident.

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Re:Judge dismisses FTC and state antitrust complaints agains... by nightpool on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:49PM (#27668651)
How is "communication" not potentially as broad as "Social media platform"? Basically every form of digital communication falls under the banner of social media platform these days. (The GP comment cites Reddit, YouTube and SMS—as diverse a set of websites from Facebook (while still being communication-focused) as I could imagine)
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