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To: dayglored
Arguing that a company with only 10% market-share can "force" consumers to buy their products is laughable.

Even at that rate it is technically possible to be judged a monopoly. British Airways got nailed with something like 30+% domestic marketshare. They were doing travel agent loyalty programs with rebates and other incentives to squeeze the then-growing Virgin out of the domestic market. They had the cash to do it, and Virgin didn't.

57 posted on 04/02/2009 9:27:33 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat
> Even at that rate it is technically possible to be judged a monopoly. British Airways got nailed with something like 30+% domestic marketshare. They were doing travel agent loyalty programs with rebates and other incentives to squeeze the then-growing Virgin out of the domestic market. They had the cash to do it, and Virgin didn't.

Sure, but that's monopolistic strategy they got nailed for.

Show me where Apple has strong-armed anyone who sells their products with "loyalty" programs and lopsided incentives designed to squeeze out their competition.

Let's see, "Apple forces retailers to only stock Apple products". Nope. Not that I've ever heard.

"Apple drops prices to selected retailers to undercut competition". Nope. Apple's prices are notorious. (Worth it, IMO, but nevertheless they make no secret of them.)

Maybe I missed the headline you're thinking of...

61 posted on 04/02/2009 8:29:09 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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