Erecting barriers to entry is what every single business tries to do. Whether it's buying patents, spending vast sums of money on your brand, monopolising key resources - they're all trying to do the same thing.
It makes complete sense to me why they would go to these lengths.
I'm looking at this from the perspective of: Vehicle manufacturers are not allowed to manage their own dealerships. All vehicles in my state are required to be sold through a 3rd party. That kind of thing is shitty to me.
I'm looking at this from the perspective of: Vehicle manufacturers are not allowed to manage their own dealerships. All vehicles in my state are required to be sold through a 3rd party. That kind of thing is shitty to me.