[airocker]

That’s my whole point. They are not using Coke’s formula

[harimau777]

But they are using functionally equivalent formulas and Coke is still fine.

[airocker]

if coke did not have deep pockets, it would have gone under without this protection.

[93po]

there are a million different manufacturers of, for example, hot dogs, and those hot dogs basically taste all the same to everyone, and yet they're all making basically identical hotdogs and doing fine

[airocker]

But none of them would end up becoming Coca Cola. At least not just by selling hot dogs.