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Since when was 37.8 percent a monopoly?

And it was also predicted by analysts that Windows Phone would overtake the iPhone by 2017

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2473666/windows-phone-...



> Since when was 37.8 percent a monopoly?

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/monopoly "For instance, the term monopoly may be referring to instances where: [...] There are many buyers or sellers, but one actor has enough market share to dictate prices (near monopolies)"

> And it was also predicted by analysts that Windows Phone would overtake the iPhone by 2017

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man


It’s not a straw man. It’s showing you that “what analysts predict” is completely irrelevant.

And is Amazon raising prices?

And how is 1/3 of the market enough to dictate prices?


Of course it’s a straw man. Suggesting that every single “analyst prediction” has the same value is plainly silly.


What “value” do you think it has? Do you think it would be probative in a court? Have you looked at the track record of the prediction?

It’s “plain silly” to cite a prediction as evidence.


Coincidentally OPEC is 38% of oil product based on a hasty google search. Their decisions have a massive influence on oil prices.




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