Companies are not primarily purchased, but sold. The previous owner could've continued, but they've chosen not to. We can't dictate them what to do, right?

The people selling (or at least that have any say in making the sale) and the people doing are more or less always different sets of people.

It is not a matter of a blacksmith hanging up their hammer but boardrooms playing wealth games. I wouldn't shed any tears for restrictions and obligations on the actions put on the latter.