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by icebraining 2566 days ago
If changing the product is evidence of competition, then Google Search and Android must have some, since they are continuously being worked on and new versions released.
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Responding to a specific price point is the sign of competition, not general improvements in the product. AT&T built a gold-plated, state-of-the-art telephone network in the “Ma Bell” days, without facing competition. (And gave us the transistor and C and UNIX while they were at it. Google in many ways fits the same “benevolent monopoly” mold. I think it would be unwise to take antitrust action against Google for that reason.)
You never used the old long-distance telephone system, did you? The only thing that was gold plated were the executive bathrooms at AT&T.