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Oh but it does have parallel in other businesses. Splitting oil companies being one of the oldest examples. Rockefeller reportedly became richer as a result, s
by loup-vaillant 3y ago
Oh but it does have parallel in other businesses. Splitting oil companies being one of the oldest examples. Rockefeller reportedly became richer as a result, so it wasn't even a socialist move.
Another feature of forbidding vertical integration is that is prevents companies from competing with their own customers.
- stainablesteel 3y agoi don't think your examples are great examples but i immediately disagreed with myself after posting because i don't think hospitals can make their own drugs. or rather, if a drug manufacturer owned a hospital and a health insurance company this might be considered a conflict of interest i still don't think its a great example given this one comes from an ethical basis but this is more apt
- loup-vaillant 3y agoI have yet to really flesh out my proposal, but ethics does come into play. Walled gardens for instance, are in part enabled by hardware/software bundles.