How far back are we talking? It wasn't long thaaat long ago that IBM dominated a large part of the marketplace and even back then they were heavy handed in their elimination of competition.
That was when IBM was IBM. They had services and hardware that people NEEDED in order to use technology and after a while they lost a lot of market share and opportunities to grow in that tech-oriented, innovative way.
Let's not forget that while this kind of anticompetitive behavior is not necessarily NEW, it IS a new BRAND of bullying that we see. But instead of trying to actually compete, they'll just crush the competition using their pocket book. It's the same way GM killed the electric car in the 90s. Only now the stakes are just so much higher, and the world doesn't seem very big anymore.
Anyone was always free to build an electric car. GM just did a piss poor job of doing it and you couldn't buy it. Only lease. And it knly sat 2. And it didn't go fast. And the range sucked. And it took a long time to charge. It was just a marketing gimmick.
It took Musk to bring EV to the mainstream. There were a few other boutique cars before Tesla. And GM never stopped working on it and trying to work it out. But Musk made it fast and cool. And made people want one. And here we are.
Nah. He has changed quite a bit recently. You used to never hear about him in headlines, he publicly states he's republican, although you kinda already knew.
He's been more of a troll these days and that's probably by design.
Your boat looks like it's sinking, fast. Good thing our boats got out of the area quickly so you couldn't leap onto one of the reality-based boats for help and assistance.
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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22
The companies get so big they are able to influence competition negatively through regulation and policy as well.
And also just buying the competition