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Monopoly at its finest

A store telling you it doesn’t want to sell your product without some modification is not a monopoly.

The only store that can sell your product telling you it doesn’t want to sell your product without some modification is not a monopoly... wait...

This particular store happens to be the only store in town.

Which town is that?

Apple Town

Is this like the expression “every man is a king in his own castle”?

Every retailer is a monopoly of their own storefront.

It turns the word into a tautology.