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This excuse is always mentioned whenever such comparison appears. But it doesn't convince me.

Having a smaller market share doesn't mean you can get away with breaking the law.

It isn't a get out of jail for free card. Laws still apply for any company however for a (convicted) monopolist different laws apply than for a random (successful) company. Microsoft and Google are convicted monopolists.

Except the law does apply differently if you have the majority of the market share.

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