I guess what I was going for was they were forgoing profits in the short term to preemptively shut out possible future competitors. They already have a big lead

I guess what I was going for was they were forgoing profits in the short term to preemptively shut out possible future competitors. They already have a big lead here... so they are trading some profits (realized through cost savings) for extending that lead. Don't feel like a troll for pointing out that I was being redundantly redundant.