[akira2501]

There have been a lot of acquisitions and rollups in this space. We have regulations against this, but they are not enforced, and the VCs have the money to push through this layer anyways.

It's both.

The US lacks serious competition in _most_ of it's industries right now.

[notfromhere]

It’s the natural end result of the consumer price standard for antitrust

[sgregnt]

Only in the industries, where the government is involved.

[akira2501]

There have been recent monopolization plays on cheer leading, on diving schools, and grocery stores. This is not a polite machine with boundaries.