"Certain behaviors of a corporation look very different from how they usually seem to behave" is most easily explained by: {Google, Microsoft, Apple, Intel} is

"Certain behaviors of a corporation look very different from how they usually seem to behave" is most easily explained by: {Google, Microsoft, Apple, Intel} is big enough so that {insert product here} operates a lot like an independent company, just with lots of automatic mind share (although that can backfire when the parent brand is devolving), access to top-tier lawyers, marketing, sales, etc people and practically infinite runway (as long as the bosses like what you do).