Comment by InsomniacL

> definition of a market

They are both markets in and of themselves, Apple themselves refer to it as a market place and it's a place where trade in particular goods occurs.

You can argue it shouldn't be a market subject to anti-trust laws but US and EU regulators would disagree.

> > If that's not a monopoly i don't know what is. > This level of certainty is not warranted.

Again, you can argue that it's a 'legal' monopoly, but 'legal' or 'illegal', it is a monopoly.

Monopolies are not illegal, but creating or maintaining a monopoly through anti-competitive means is and regulators in the US and EU are acting.

Steve Jobs wrote that "Apple would “force” developers to use its payment system to lock in both developers and users on its platform." https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1344546/dl?inline