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You have merely described vertical integration and something that isn't vertical integration and claimed they are the same thing.
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That's because they are the same thing. Integrating the complementary goods into a single offering is obviously vertical integration. Not integrating them would make the acquisition pointless -- or even more nakedly anti-competitive, when the purpose is to inhibit integration with competitors rather than improve integration with the company's own products.



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