suppliers

It seems to me that if the goal is to fix a market failure, then the solution is to ensure that OS suppliers can't force browsers onto people.

Well..you can't hire more developers if you're not getting customers, keeping them happy or paying your suppliers.

For decades, Microsoft has been hard on their competitors and hardware suppliers, and they've had antitrust problems.

Companies like Samsung and Apple are able to negotiate very low prices for components from their suppliers.

Keeping their figures secret from competitors, suppliers and customers for as long as possible is also a competitive advantage.

Also might be unwise from a business perspective as it could make other (potential) suppliers nervous.

Travel, absolutely, but it seems to me a bigger benefits are in import/export accountancy and greater (convenient) access to suppliers.

B2B-sales in larger firms goes via a sourcing department, that possibly has preferred suppliers, etc.

Firms with the highest costs drop out of the industry, one by one, until the remaining suppliers can make money again.

Possible trading strategy here, trade the suppliers, and main games makers on apple results?

But I'm sure there will be quite a few suppliers by the time they need the cars [1].

Economies of scale that it can drive from its platform given that it will have the largest base of customers as well as suppliers.