[hraedon]

This is the theory that people (on HN and elsewhere) have used to argue that Apple's App Store represents a monopoly that should be broken up. It makes no more sense here than it does in that context.

[zacmps]

It absolutely makes sense viewed through the lens of early 2000s antitrust cases (esp. those against Microsoft).

The landscape has obviously changed since, but not for any good reason in my opinion.