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by KolenCh 681 days ago
I was just listening to this episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/acquired/id1050462261?...

They pointed out that a monopoly is not the sin, the sin is to abuse that market position for unfair advantage.

So your summary of their verdict in a way is what the US view of antitrust is.
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ghostly_s 681 days ago
FYI, when you share an Apple Podcasts link, anyone reading on an Apple device without the Podcasts app installed cannot do anything with it, even copy the link to open elsewhere-it just turns into a prompt to install "Podcasts." So I don't even know what podcast you're pointing to to find it in the app I prefer.
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jeroen 681 days ago
https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/microsoft-volume-ii
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KolenCh 681 days ago
Sorry, I was on mobile and I got that link from the “share” sheet. I probably know that it is not portable, as I shared Apple News links and found that out before.

Here’s the part of the transcript:

> It is not necessarily illegal to be a monopoly. It is illegal to abuse your monopoly power. This court is examining both of those questions. (1) Is Microsoft a monopoly? (2) Are they abusing their power?

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