Comment by crop_rotation
2 years ago
> You can't buy an iPhone from anyone but Apple
You can't buy a Model 3 from anyone but Tesla either. But that is not what makes a monopoly.
2 years ago
> You can't buy an iPhone from anyone but Apple
You can't buy a Model 3 from anyone but Tesla either. But that is not what makes a monopoly.
The difference is cars don't interoperate with each other, they operate with the road and the road is an open and public platform. Not only do you not have to buy a Tesla to use the road, you don't even have to use a car.
Apple is the road in this analogy, not the car.