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Why is that playing dirty? I don't get it.

It's mostly a figure of speech. Every company is entitled to some type of discreet monopolization.

Thing is, governments (especially pro-capitalist ones) don't like monopolies, which is where the reference comes from.

Oh ok, I missed the connection to monopolies. Thanks for spelling it out.

>Thing is, governments (especially pro-capitalist ones) don't like monopolies, which is where the reference comes from.

A true monopoly rarely, if ever, actually exists in a real free market. However, artificial government backed monopolies are rampant today.