There is some consolidation among power tools https://toolguyd.com/tool-brands-corporate-affiliations/ https://toolguyd.com/tool-brands-corporate-affiliations/

There is some consolidation among power tools https://toolguyd.com/tool-brands-corporate-affiliations/ https://toolguyd.com/tool-brands-corporate-affiliations/ They still screw you on batteries and indeed would do so harder if there were fewer companies. Instead of incompatible batteries per brand it would be per year. Sorry sir that's a 2022 tool it can't use 2021 batteries. You can either ask congress to establish a standard, start a power tool company that supports more brands with adapters, or basically suck it up because selling batteries way over cost is extremely profitable and nobody wants actual competition in that space. The one thing you don't want is consolidation. Likewise you think you want consolidation among browser engines but you really don't because it gives the vendor future leverage to fuck you.