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The article makes this assertion without much proof. The buyout may or may not have caused the price hike. If anything, unified R&D would have allowed to save o
by jojobas 1y ago
The article makes this assertion without much proof. The buyout may or may not have caused the price hike. If anything, unified R&D would have allowed to save on costs.
- defrost 1y ago> unified R&D would have allowed to save on costs. which a typical private equity company with a near monopoly on supply would naturally pass on the customer via reduced pricing? That seems at odds with how such things often go.
- jojobas 1y agoAt the very least they'd compete on cost against the other 2/3 of the market and conquer more of that.