On the other hand, keeping the bleeding part alive with money from another part of the company means that the prices in the electronics market will be artificia

On the other hand, keeping the bleeding part alive with money from another part of the company means that the prices in the electronics market will be artificially low, which makes it harder for all other makers of electronics. Maybe it's better that some electronics makers disappear from the market and let the remaining ones make a little bit more money, freeing some more resources for developing new innovative gadgets (or, admittedly, just making the owners wallets fatter), and maybe hire back some good engineers. tl;dr: Keeping operations that can't live by themselves alive with external funding distorts the market, whether it is the government or the corporations that do it.