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That's pretty much the point right? It's not like buying a Koala Kare change station contractually locks you out of buying something else from one of their comp

• ssl-3 2y ago
  Indeed. One can put a Koala Care change station right next to a Diaper Depot change station, and this is fine. They might have different features, functions, and/or prices, and that's OK too. It can even be OK for people like architects to freely (but consistently) specify one particular brand in deference to other brands. This is fine, too. An architect stating something like "We always specify Hubbell wiring devices, Sherwin Williams paint, and Koala Care changing stations wherever applicable because they've so-far proven to offer a consistently excellent combination of performance, service, and value" is not, on its face, an improper thing to do. It can be quite OK and perfectly-legal to have a natural monopoly. Selling a very, very popular widget is not an act that is somehow automatically worthy of damnation. However, it can be very not OK (and often very illegal) for a company to abuse their status as a natural monopoly, especially in anticompetitive ways. But I don't see anyone accusing Koala Care of any specific wrongdoing, so.....