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[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think it goes back to Rockefeller and Standard Oil. Buy or squash competition until you are the only one standing. Certainly Bill Gates did this and quite aggressively at times.

[–] Nogami@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Any big company that doesn’t do this is doing it wrong. You may not like it but that’s the way things work. But all big companies will eventually fall given enough time and management changes.