You're absolutely right.
It's just that, in the "old" days, govt's broke up monopolies, or punished them, becoz they weren't deemed to be in the public interest, be it socio-political, or economic.
These days, they seem to be overlooked, possibly even encouraged as a "market force"
ie. M$ got to be a monopolist by having a "good product" (later, AFAIK, it held that position by embracing typical monopolistic practices, like threats and intimidation)
And nobody in authority wants to "punish" a success
Now we see phone companies merging into larger phone companies, reversing the Bell breakup !
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