Steve Randy Waldmanif we have to argue whether a firm has a monopoly or not, the industry is too consolidated.
Louis Ingenthron@interfluidity True, but then the question becomes: "Is it consolidated because of unfair practices or because their product is just that much better than their competitors?"
@louis it doesn’t matter. product superiority is ephemeral. entrenched market power long survives it.
even when a firm is on the merits extraordinary, we cannot allow its success to result in a consolidated industry. we have to keep throwing competitors at it until some of those new firms up their game.