that was my only point, they put monopoly in quotes to attempt to defend Nvidia from regulatory scrutiny
they havent done the thing that causes regulatory scrutiny while it still being accurate about what they have achieved
at larger levels there are typically business units within a larger organization that might have a monopoly in that sector
if everyone chooses your phone brand out of social ramifications and you dont do anything to accelerate competitor’s exiting the market, is what it is
We, the consumers, don't get a damn word about what we want. Unless the free market says it's a bad thing, you're stuck enjoying whatever the corps decide the fight-of-the-week is.
The reason they still do so is because the majority of voters aren’t too bothered by it.
voters dont have control of their representatives either way
Maybe your reading your own thoughts into someone else?
Though I don’t believe this line of reasoning applies to CUDA/GPUs (yet).