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jboy55 on Sept 9, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: 50 U.S. states and territories announce broad anti...

Because most people don't have an iPhone? Only 40% of smartphone users use iOS. Its fine to be anti-competitive, you just can't do so if you hold monopoly powers. MS only got in trouble when they leveraged their monopoly (OS) in one area to gain marketshare in another (browser).

Google has a effective monopoly on search traffic, (find me a Bing exclusive SEO firm), if they leverage that to gain Android marketshare or others, they could run into issues.

mLuby on Sept 9, 2019 [–]

You must mean 40% in the United States, right?

gbear605 on Sept 9, 2019 | [–]

Yes, which is the relevant number for this post where the topic of discussion is US anti-trust law.

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