> Unfortunately, ever since the Microsoft case there has been remarkably little oversight of the technology sector, despite the obvious signs of corporate consolidation and outsize market power. Enforcement of the antimonopoly laws has fallen: Between 1970 and 1999, the United States brought about 15 monopoly cases each year; between 2000 and 2014 that number went down to just three.
I thought that it was not illegal to have a monopoly, only to abuse it. Is that right?
The authors don't give examples of current abuse, only of consolidation (Facebook-Instagram-Whatsapp).