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Re:Spotify and Google Announce User Choice Billing by HotHotLava on Thursday March 24, 2022 @04:47AM (#30787494)
No, the definition of a monopoly is "the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service."

A company that is not easy to undercut could just be an efficient business that operates roughly at cost without excessive margins.

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Re:Spotify and Google Announce User Choice Billing by selcuka on Thursday March 24, 2022 @08:15PM (#30797259)
I disagree. Spotify is practically a monopoly and is a rent-seeking entity. The reason artists can't go somewhere else is not because Spotify efficiently operates at cost (their gross margin was 26.5% in Q4), but because it's the only brand most customers know.
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Re:Spotify and Google Announce User Choice Billing by mPReDiToR on Saturday March 26, 2022 @06:17AM (#30810631)
Deezer is in competition, Amazon Music, YT Music.

Monopoly doesn't apply, does it?

Even DAB/FM radio takes their lunch.

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