A larger oligopolist lowering prices is mostly out of common experience. No massive merger, in my experience, has led to either (A) better service, or (B) chea

A larger oligopolist lowering prices is mostly out of common experience. No massive merger, in my experience, has led to either (A) better service, or (B) cheaper goods or services. Every time there's a merger, services I use get discarded, degraded, or become more expensive. Same with material goods. This experience is in-line with standard free-market economics as well. Without competitive pressures, prices go up. Pretty standard micro-economics.