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by kmlx 1450 days ago
> So what?

if your goal is more protectionism, then it’s great. but if you want to produce market leaders then it’s bad.

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If by market leader you mean creating monopolies, or oligopolies, there are rules againstt that in place. So there seems to be some concensus of seeing those outcomes as non desireable. And those rules cover consumer protection and choice, Microsoft has some experience with that when it comes to Internet Explorer.
Being a monopoly is not against the law. Abusing your monopoly is.