Of course a company would say that they don’t want a monopoly publicly. If it’s known they are, or want a monopoly, then they are more likely to fall in public favor and get hit with fines and legal action, hurting shareholder profits.
You have a lot of faith that capitalism won’t do a capitalism when the opportunity presents itself.
Yes Europe has a lot better hold against the evils of capitalism, but it’s still capitalistic.
And then when they do get checked out, the punishment is only a tiny fraction of the profits they stole.