>In fact, the reason why antitrust lawsuits seem to never stick to Apple is because all the mens rea was stored in the mind of a guy who tried to cure his pancreatic cancer with fruit juice[0]
The bigger we let companies get, the bigger the government has to get in order to enforce the law. At some point (which we've already passed) both governments and corporations are so big and all-controlling that they act as one, and there is no "keeping them honest". Consumer rights go out the window because nobody is willing to enforce them when being a good government employee precludes becoming a corporate employee later on.
Antitrust is a necessary precondition for consumer rights.
>The bigger we let companies get, the bigger the government has to get in order to enforce the law.
I don't see that at all. A very small government that is willing to jail execs for infractions would go very far. It's just that the will is not there.
You don't need antitrust. Just consumer rights.