No, the goal is to prevent consumers from being deprived of the benefits of competition. That may sound like what you wrote, but it really really isn’t. In part

No, the goal is to prevent consumers from being deprived of the benefits of competition. That may sound like what you wrote, but it really really isn’t. In particular, it presumes that competition is a good in and of itself, and that its benefits are what is to be protected. More specifically, if you say that competition is good because it provides a variety of options, the prices can very much be higher, and consumers can still be considered to be reaping the benefits of competition.