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Hejiru posted...

How are they alleging a monopoly? Did Android just cease to exist or something?

"blocking hardware and software features on competitors" is probably the big thing here. Its a blatant abuse of their power over the market when if you want a new phone, but have an Apple Watch, you have no choice in what product to buy, it has to be a new iPhone. That's a blatant anti-consumer move and directly a result of Apple's marketshare over the smartphone market.

At this point, Samsung and Google smartwatches do the same, but its the exact same anti-competitive behaviour, so they'll have to stop when the big dog is brought down.

Monopoly power doesn't necessarily mean you have to completely dominate the market, you just need to have enough control over the market that will negatively harm consumers.