[josemanuel]

I don’t get it.. how can a mere software company be part of an elaborate and insidious plot to rob the UK public? They sell software, do not get access to the data! What’s different from any other company?

[fxtentacle]

The article nicely explains this. They can buy up all competitors at inflated prices, which means they can hold the NHS hostage with its own data.

[josemanuel]

So can other companies! Once they spent all that money, what prevents other competitors from taking that business from them?

[felix_n]

They can simply not sell them. Palantir "buying" a company in this context means they either buy the owner out or buy controlling shares, in both cases nothing happens from there that they don't want to happen.