vagabond your post sounds sarcastic lol. that laundry business sounds godawful!
That is how businesses "compete" vagabond. Someone with a valuable product does not need to compete.
There are many companies that practice good business because they don't HAVE to resort anything lower. M$ has said from the beginning that their goal was to take sony down.
This may just be naivety talking but I don't think all businesses resort to illegally taking out the competition.