: tending to reduce or discourage competition
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That includes anticompetitive monopoly conduct, as well as competitively harmful mergers and agreements among firms.
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Alden Abbott, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
The Justice Department has also sued Apple over competition issues, while the Federal Trade Commission has sued Amazon and Meta for anticompetitive behavior and stifling rivals.
—David McCabe, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
The high-profile case focused on whether the tactics that made Google the default search engine in Chrome – as well as on iPhones, Android devices and more – were anticompetitive, shutting out smaller search engines from the market.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 20 Nov. 2024
Microsoft has been somewhat of an exception to U.S. antitrust regulators’ recent campaign against allegedly anticompetitive practices at Big Tech companies.
—Reuters, NBC News, 27 Nov. 2024
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Alden Abbott, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
The Justice Department has also sued Apple over competition issues, while the Federal Trade Commission has sued Amazon and Meta for anticompetitive behavior and stifling rivals.
—David McCabe, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
The high-profile case focused on whether the tactics that made Google the default search engine in Chrome – as well as on iPhones, Android devices and more – were anticompetitive, shutting out smaller search engines from the market.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 20 Nov. 2024
Microsoft has been somewhat of an exception to U.S. antitrust regulators’ recent campaign against allegedly anticompetitive practices at Big Tech companies.
—Reuters, NBC News, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Anticompetitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anticompetitive. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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