reddig33@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoThe FTC isn’t too happy with Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard layoffswww.polygon.comexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1538 cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.onlineghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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minus-squareOsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up96·10 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-up63·10 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-squaremaccentric@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoI got the ill communication
minus-squareOrbituary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 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-up21·10 months agoProbably European.
minus-squareOsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 months agoWhat?? On the internet???
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·10 months agooh no, literally undecipherable
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoHow dare people write in the spoken order!
minus-squareCaptainEffort@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoIf they actually managed to, my faith in humanity would be restored a little bit
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
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???
Lmao found the American.
oh no, literally undecipherable
How dare people write in the spoken order!
If they actually managed to, my faith in humanity would be restored a little bit