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		delinka on Sept 25, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Said to Be Under U.S. Antitrust Scrutiny Ov... "Biggest single vendor" perhaps, but certainly not a monopoly on smart phones, nor smart phone operating systems, nor smart phone apps ... Just because they take the lions share of the industry's profits doesn't mean that they sell a monopolistic number of devices.

venomsnake on Sept 25, 2015 [–]

google has even less of a monopoly. You cannot be monopolist with GPL product.

throwawaykf05 on Sept 25, 2015 | [–]

If not already, you should read this article: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-...

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