This is like saying police officers shouldn't enforce speed limits because the ticket ends up back in the police department, and you could certainly make a poin

This is like saying police officers shouldn't enforce speed limits because the ticket ends up back in the police department, and you could certainly make a point for a conflict of interest, but there is traceable proof. What actually happened in the SolarWinds instance seems to be actual deception and fraud. Plenty of companies go out of business due to competition, this isn't one of those instances.