Meta Learns That Nothing Is a Monopoly If You Just Wait Long Enough

Great news for monopolists: If you successfully swat away regulators for long enough, a new approach might come along and disrupt your monopoly status after nearly a decade of unfettered domination of your domain, thus rendering you not a monopoly despite enjoying all the benefits of one.

On Tuesday, Judge James Boasberg ruled that Meta did not create an illegal monopoly for social media platforms by acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp, in part because competitors like TikTok have cropped…