> There are more pineapples than consumers, so people start getting aggressive with their sales. > They start harvesting unripe pineapples and heating them to

> There are more pineapples than consumers, so people start getting aggressive with their sales. > They start harvesting unripe pineapples and heating them to make them seem ripe quicker. If there is already an oversupply of pineapples, I think suppliers would would want to stretch the ripening times and optimize for quality instead. > People get disillusioned with all the shit pineapples they are getting and decide to rather buy some other fruit without all the competition With an oversupply, the consumer actually gets a very good value. The price is right, and there are plenty to choose from. Consumers like competition. I'm not sure what this example demonstrates. Of course every individual supplier wants less competition. But don't forget that the suppliers in this case are developers, and it's the developers that are complaining about the status quo.