> It's time to break up Google.
Just like Apple, Facebook and Amazon?
Just like Apple, Facebook and Amazon?
I'm not sure that's the case; Apple isn't as dominant in share of any intuitively-described market as, say, Google and search ads, but a more relevant test for monopoly is pricing power, and I wouldn't be surprised if they in fact have that for some of their products/services.
It's a test that exists because there are an infinite number of ways to construct named categories of products, which can create any appearance you want, but none of them tell you if things in that category are genuinely competing with each other.
Also, being a monopoly isn't in and of itself illegal, it's abusing your monopoly position to harm competition. You have to be a monopoly first.
You don't need to have a monopoly to have pricing power, your product just needs to be differentiated enough.
Btw, you can already put Windows on their hardware, or Linux for that matter.
Facebook? Yes.
Amazon? Even more yes.
That's not monopoly power.
[0] as a consumer I care about the phone's features, not its profit margin for the manufacturer. There's still a healthy ecosystem of non-Apple companies making phones.
"If you aren't paying for the product, you are the product" doesn't mean that if you are paying for the product, you're not the product.
This is the first time I've seen someone completely ignore, and even directly contradict, that incredibly common warning.
Don't forget salesforce, microsoft and oracle.