Say Mars suddenly gained monopoly over all production of confectioneries

>>1379753
"They're prices are outrageous."

"I can open up a company that sells what they do for less, because they dont have any other competition."

>>1379893
Is that really it?

>>1381728
no, it's much more complex than that. They keep prices low until they push out all possible competition. If someone comes in locally and undercuts their prices, they can just price gouge until they go out of business. Look at companies like Youtube. It used to be ad free. Now it has 30 second ads you can't skip and a paid version allowing you to skip adds. Why? Because they hold market share over basically all the non-porn videos on the internet and nobody else can compete.

>>1379753
Basically they would have to not pay certain members of government committes and departments enough bribes to get broken up. It's really arbitrary and probably has more to do with public sentiment and connections than anything else.

>>1381738
That is inherently true. There are alternatives, but they're either region based (nico nico), niche (live leak) or even unpopular as they can get (vimeo). As >>1381747 said, it's probably mainly because of sentimental value that people hold over youtube.