https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_leader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_leader Then once smaller competitors are out of business, raise prices. Of course

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_leader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_leader Then once smaller competitors are out of business, raise prices. Of course, force can go into it, such as when a big company sues a smaller company with a frivolous lawsuit that the smaller company can't afford to fight. Then the smaller company goes out of business, and the big company can use their ideas free.