reddig33@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoThe FTC isn’t too happy with Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard layoffswww.polygon.comexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1538arrow-down19 cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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minus-squareOsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up96·9 months agoYou jest, but the FTC is trying to appeal (undo) the merger in court, and this makes their case a lot stronger: https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/us-ftc-tries-again-stop-microsofts-already-closed-deal-activision-2023-12-06/ For a 68,000,000,000$ deal, even if this helps the FTC by 1%, that’s a huge risk
minus-squareNeato@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63·9 months agoGood. After they un-merge them they can break them up into even smaller pieces. That way in another 30 years when we forget about antitrust against they can re-assemble the monopoly. Fun for everyone!
minus-squareOrbituary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·9 months agoBasically Ma Bell.
minus-squaremaccentric@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoI got the ill communication
minus-squareCaptainEffort@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoIf they actually managed to, my faith in humanity would be restored a little bit
minus-squareOrbituary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down42·9 months agoYou took all that effort to put the zeros and commas in, but put the $ on the wrong side of the number. Neat.
minus-squareClopClopMcFuckwad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·9 months agoProbably European.
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·9 months agooh no, literally undecipherable
minus-squarebartolomeo@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down5·9 months agoLmao found the American.
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months agoHow dare people write in the spoken order!
You jest, but the FTC is trying to appeal (undo) the merger in court, and this makes their case a lot stronger: https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/us-ftc-tries-again-stop-microsofts-already-closed-deal-activision-2023-12-06/
For a 68,000,000,000$ deal, even if this helps the FTC by 1%, that’s a huge risk
Good. After they un-merge them they can break them up into even smaller pieces. That way in another 30 years when we forget about antitrust against they can re-assemble the monopoly. Fun for everyone!
Basically Ma Bell.
I got the ill communication
If they actually managed to, my faith in humanity would be restored a little bit
You took all that effort to put the zeros and commas in, but put the $ on the wrong side of the number.
Neat.
Probably European.
What?? On the internet???
oh no, literally undecipherable
Lmao found the American.
How dare people write in the spoken order!