“having monopoly power does not itself violate the anti-trust laws … but it does when … they increase costs for consumers.” — Merrick Garland yesterday on the Apple antitrust lawsuit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V4MIRUoyOE&t=480s
If I hadnʼt been primed by @pluralistic 's Chokepoint Capitalism (2022), this “consumer welfare” nonsense would have slipped past me.