Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

A monopoly can end, it is not perpetual.

Sure in your example as a single user you don't have the power to enforce or prolong your monopoly and many companies are the same. They can use their position and maintain it, but they often cannot prevent others taking a foothold. What often holds others back is that the more a market is dominate by a single force; the more money you have to put into the pot early on and for a longer period to break that hold.

Look at how Epic is spending a fortune to break Steam's near monopoly on the computer game market for PC software sales. Look at how Sony threw insane money into sensor development in order to steal a significant slice of the photography market from the joint giants of Nikon and Canon.



Monopolies do fall - indeed historically speaking they have ALL fallen. Even giants like Google and Microsoft can and, one day, likely will fall to a competitor.