“Google has taken great pains to appear more open than Apple, licensing the Android operating system to third parties like Samsung and allowing users to install apps via other methods than the Play store. Apple does neither. When it comes to exclusivity, Apple has become synonymous with “walled garden” in the public imagination. So why did a jury find that Google held a monopoly but Apple didn’t?”

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    11 months ago

    They didn’t.

    They determined that Google colluded with others to protect their monopoly and keep competitors out.

    Monopolies by themselves aren’t illegal.