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Apple doesnt fit the description of a monopoly, but this lawsuit was launched anyways. If making the correct arguement doesnt stop you from getting sued, you still have to come up with something to say. It might not be a coherent argument, but then neither is this case.



> However, the term is used more generally to refer to laws designed to prevent companies from engaging in any kind of anti-competitive action – that is, do anything that would tend to artificially distort competition within a market.

> One common myth is that antitrust laws only apply to monopolies. This is very much not the case: They apply to any company large enough to have a dominant position in any market.




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