(01-03-2018 06:15 PM)Brookes Owl Wrote:  I45 is right; Apple has never dominated the personal computer market. Hell, Commodore was closer to domination than Apple ever was...



Whippersnappers don't know nuthin.

ETA: I think my smart aleck remark may be a violation of this board's AUP. Apologies!

To the OP: Is it really that big of a deal if, say, Facebook is a monopoly? I don't think I worry too much about one social networking platform dominating all others. The barrier to entry for digital entities is near zero. MySpace was pretty dominant at one point.

I'm a bit uncomfortable when a more substantial business like Google starts crowding out my choices but I'm even more uncomfortable with government intervention to reign them in.

The monopoly aspect only matters if the monopoly power is used in an anti-competitive manner. No harm to consumer, no foul.

What many on the right are calling for is adding another branch to the 'monopoly analysis' that is roughly equivalent to the basis of the equal time doctrine or the fairness doctrine.

In my opinion you really cannot nail down *who* the relevant 'test group' is for that analysis, where you *can* easily nail down who the competitors are and who the consumers are in a traditional antitrust analysis.

And on top of it, you have big government intervention into what is essentially core First Amendment activities.