I basically disagree with the idea that the US FTC gets to decide what the word ‘monopoly’ means. I also think that having a high market share doesn’t mean you face competition—indeed, it can mean that you’re winning the competition.
Re: Apple, it may have a monopoly on iOS app distribution, but when people are considering what phones to buy, they get to choose between iPhones and iOS apps and Androids with Android apps. Admittedly, there’s some friction in changing from one to the other.
Grubhub used to be over 50% but is now behind Doordash, so maybe doesn’t qualify.
Apple has a monopoly on iOS app distribution (aside from rooted phones) and is using it to extract rents, which is what the link is about.
Firefox has 4% market share compared to Chrome’s 65%.
Amazon has 40-50% of the ecommerce market depending on which stats you trust.
Google Search has 85%+ market share.
I basically disagree with the idea that the US FTC gets to decide what the word ‘monopoly’ means. I also think that having a high market share doesn’t mean you face competition—indeed, it can mean that you’re winning the competition.
Re: Apple, it may have a monopoly on iOS app distribution, but when people are considering what phones to buy, they get to choose between iPhones and iOS apps and Androids with Android apps. Admittedly, there’s some friction in changing from one to the other.