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>>9021572
>since holding the overwhelming majority of the market share
This is not a monopoly, pic related is not a monopoly. Microsoft holds a large part of the OS market, but not all of it. There's nothing stopping any actor from creating their own service/product and snagging market share for themselves (like Linux OS has done in the picture).

Read carefully: A monopoly has 100% of a market cornered AND prevents other parties from entering that market. This can ONLY be achieved with the use of force. Historical examples of monopolies are government police forces, government healthcare (it's not a monopoly in all countries), military and government schooling (again, not in all countries). I've challenged you to give an example of a monopoly occurring without government interference, and you can't do it. You can't do it because there is no such example. Stop dodging this already.

A company can persuade you into buying their shit, but they can't force you to. Persuasion =/= Force/Coercion. A company can't force you to do anything (unless they get the government to provide some firepower for them via bribes/deals).