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WSJ: Tech’s Titans Tiptoe Toward Monopoly

2 pointsby ericglymanalmost 7 years ago

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parvenu74almost 7 years ago
The premise is flawed. It would take more than popularity for Facebook or Amazon to become a monopoly but they would need to engage in illegal action protective of their market share. It&#x27;s not illegal to be a monopoly; it&#x27;s illegal to abuse one&#x27;s monopoly position. When a competitor to Facebook, Amazon, etc is only a few mouse clicks away then seriously calling any digital property a monopoly is a stretch.<p>And this ignores that online monopolies don&#x27;t seem to last very long anyway (Friendster, MySpace, Yahoo...).