no idea, im not in the maple cartel

lmao

Microsoft did, they actively purchased and suppressed natural competition

@a lone father k Citation needed

They probably did, but this was at the birth of the tech industry

While I dont like silicon valley

@Tinker Tom big dick company A, B and C individually buy a third of an industry. They form a coalition to consolidate resources. Congratulations, you now have a cartel.

In ancapistan there are no market restrictions to prevent this from happening

@Double Negative Ok, what industry

I mean, there's a lot to pick from

Aircraft? Consumer electronics? Baking supplies?

Also
>implying governments break up cartels anyways

Ok let's go with aircraft

I mean, there are anti trust laws that do exactly that

They're never enforced

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp.

^

Oh yeah, Microsoft bundling internet explorer with windows

funny how that turned out

now nobody uses the garbage they prepackage

Nipped that monopoly in the bud

@Double Negative because of competition my man

Anyways with aircraft

Let's say Cessna made one of their planes with 2 other companies

Jacked up the price by 30% before their cartel

Guess what I do, as the capitalist pig I am?

Take a guess

let me guess, you stop buying

No, I take my money and get investments from other investors

And make the same plane

For 30% cheaper

then your factory gets airstriked by the coalition

The state forced microsoft to act more ethically with the settlement, it was not naturally solved

also, making planes is difficult

The no one will support them att all

@Double Negative never said it wasn't

if all the top engineers are being bought up, who will you hire?

@a lone father k Bundling IE isn't a fucking monopoly

pajeet ohindi from pooland?

@Tinker Tom it was