PE reducing competition

How do you guys feel when a competitor is bought by an investment group? We don’t see it as much in Ecom as other industries, but my friend in manufacturing said it’s he hates it because their marketing spend goes up, but it has allowed him to hire their good employees I was just reading this article and figured I would ask https://www.wsj.com/articles/los-angeles-sues-american-industrial-partners-over-firetruck-rollup-2c1cff54?st=inQBgS&reflink=article_copyURL_share