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by greggman3 2049 days ago
Apple isn't just Macs. iPhone has 50% or greater market share in the USA. iPad has 65% or market share as well. Apple certainly does exploit a monopoly in various different ways. One is their monopoly on browser engines in iOS that lets them dictate web standards because if they don't implement something then the 1.5 billion iSO devices don't get it period.
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You can always fashion a monopoly by adding “they have a monopoly on X on their own product” for any proprietary hardware or software vendor. If you want to argue that proprietary hardware or software shouldn’t be allowed then do that, but don’t try to tie it to monopoly. It has little to do with either the legal or economic implications usually associated with that word.