It's possible for a company to benefit from an M&A deal in a way that is not anti-competitive. > For Apple and Amazon I don't know where they are benefiting fr

It's possible for a company to benefit from an M&A deal in a way that is not anti-competitive. > For Apple and Amazon I don't know where they are benefiting from their M&A (this is likely my ignorance, I would be interested to know). It's mostly around specific and niche tech in the case of Apple, which is a good example of the above IMO. Unless they involve tons of patents (which is not my impression) they aren't really anti-competitive. Other firms can develop this same technology should they wish to make the investment.