[Sohcahtoa82]

The definition of "free market" includes being free from monopolies.

If the government wants to maintain a free market, that means they need to step in and prevent monopolies, which includes preventing anti-competitive behavior.

Apple is being very anti-competitive with iMessage. It's not just the blocking of Android clients, but the fact that Apple will not let you use any other SMS app on iPhone, so users are locked into iMessage.

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The government has done a dandy job enabling tech monopolies by making copyright and patent law so draconian.