Mozilla CEO blasts Microsoft over Windows 10 defaults

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Soleron said:

sc94597 said:

So yeah, my conclusion is that MS does not have a monopoly. I can always use a Linux distribution or I can purchase a MAC. That by definition precludes Microsoft from monopoly status. 

For whether something is or is not a monopoly I look to regulator's interpretations, not textbooks. Microsoft has already been subject to penalties over its effective market control. Intel was also charged with monopoly abuse over CPUs, despite only having 2/3 of the market and with AMD's offerings being a drop-in replacement (Linux and Mac are in no way drop-in replacements for Windows).

Where do these regulators get their "interpretations?" 

Oligopolies can control markets as well. Microsoft doesn't have to have a monopoly to have market power. 

At the end of the day it gets silly, when a group of a few hundred/thousand people have arbitrary power to define terms and institute de-facto legislation. 

Anti-monopoly laws get especially silly when they are in their "anti-competitive" mode, when regulators punish companies for actually making their products better or their prices lower because it is seen as "anti-competitive" when in fact that is the purpose of competition - so that companies who make their products better get an advantage.