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Re:Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones by NotPractical on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @11:57PM (#43408158)
> Courts do not require a literal monopoly before applying rules for single firm conduct; that term is used as shorthand for a firm with significant and durable market power — that is, the long term ability to raise price or exclude competitors.

https://www.ftc.gov/advice-guidance/competition-guidance/gui...

Presumably the DoJ wouldn't have sued Apple for being a monopoly if it was impossible for them to legally qualify as one?

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/gallery/justice-departm...

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Re:Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones by crazygringo on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @08:37AM (#43411048)
The DoJ can sue over whatever they want. They also lose suits all the time. So now it's up to a court decision to make the determination, and it may very well be that Apple is not, contrary to the DoJ's assertion.
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Re:Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones by NotPractical on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @02:45PM (#43415837)
Sure, but you claimed that they were definitely not a monopoly, which hasn't been determined yet.
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