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Why on earth should Intel care about having plausible deniability about that? Buying a company in order to kill it is not illegal. It isn't even considered un
by lisper 3y ago
Why on earth should Intel care about having plausible deniability about that? Buying a company in order to kill it is not illegal. It isn't even considered unethical except by a few utopian idealists. It's a common and accepted practice in the business world.
- crote 3y agoAntitrust laws are a thing, you know. Buying out your competition in order to get rid of them is indeed illegal, once you get big enough.
- meepmorp 3y agoYou get rid of your competition either way, though - either the competing products are now part of your offerings, or they're no longer sold. Either situation leads to the same level of reduced competition.