Lentern
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Ok imagine you've got a banquet.(and if you don't eat propperly the bouncer will throw you out)(and every other restaurant in town is full and if you don't get your boss something to eat he'll fire you) Jones controls the salads, the breads the forks and the plates, Smith controls the knives, the meats and soups whilst Brown controls the spoons, the bowls and the pasta. Every item would cost 5 cents and costs 3 cents to maintain. Ideally they allow patrons to use each others materials in conjunction, that way Jones can sell more bread because people can cut it with Smith's knives and dip it in the soup thats in Browns bowls.Loaded question.
You started with the ridiculous narrative with your made up example of companies trying to lock users onto their roads. I thought it was absurd from the begining, but I indulged to show that even if some novel problems do arise, the free market can overcome them, and can do it much better than the government.
My "narrative" makes perfect sense. Explain the flaws or stfu.
But Jones isn't really interested in making as much money as he can in the longterm(surprise) and thinks he'll deny any customer who uses any of Smtstuff access to his own. Whilst people can't really enjoy Browns items as much without access to Smiths meats and particular knives they can get by eating pasta and salad with just a fork and bowls. With no access to forks or plates however all people who choose to go with Smith will only really be able to eat soup and thats really not a satisfactory meal on its own. So after a drawn out battle whereby for years nobody can get both salad and meat finally Smith has to call in the final reciever. Smith sells what he has for a desperate price and Jones happilly snaps it up before declaring a similar war against Brown, eventually ending up controlling everything and becomes able to charge people $50 for a fork instead of the 5 cents he used to and all because the hotel management refused to regulate Jones business behaviour.