>the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.
They have exclusive possession or control of supply of these types of chips. I'm not sure if the question of whether or not they could sell or want to sell it comes into question. Lets say I buy up all the supplies of diamonds and exclude the use of diamonds in any other use than my jewelry. I believe this still falls under a monopoly
There is no analogy with diamonds, because Apple doesn’t buy up a supply.
There is no supply to buy up - these are just a part apple has made for their own product.
If you use the logic that parts you make for your own products are ‘monopolies’, then most product companies are monopolies, and the term becomes meaningless.
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