Here's the thing: That might be true, and yet, necessary for the good of society and the good of the long-term. See, for example, Standard Oil. They massively

Here's the thing: That might be true, and yet, necessary for the good of society and the good of the long-term. See, for example, Standard Oil. They massively lowered oil prices - we broke them up. See also AT&T. Once their usefulness as a monopoly ran out, we broke them up. Plus, we can see that hardware-software coevolution has large benefits - but who is to say that having companies separate does not also have large benefits of its own? You might not have Windows shoving Microsoft Teams and Edge and Bing down your throat... or Apple pushing Apple Music to your parents. If Apple can't integrate, perhaps we'd have more open standards for interoperability.