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by akiselev 4483 days ago
Anyone is free to make their own operating system, browser, and bundle them too, yet Microsoft got pummeled by both the DoJ and EU. AFAIK (IANAL), the market dominance of a product has a strong effect on whether something can be brought under the jurisdiction of antitrust law. You're right though, as the cases I've seen mostly revolved around anti-competitive tactics, like Microsoft above and Intel for their OEM deals (both of which I think relied on their market dominance).