This can also backfire on consumers if the competitors decide to keep up with their user-hostile practices as well: locked-down walled gardens, zero customisabi

This can also backfire on consumers if the competitors decide to keep up with their user-hostile practices as well: locked-down walled gardens, zero customisability/upgradability for hardware, low repairability, low interoperability with set standards to "distinguish" their products, planned obsolescence, etc.