reddig33@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoThe FTC isn’t too happy with Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard layoffswww.polygon.comexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1538arrow-down19 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1529arrow-down1external-linkThe FTC isn’t too happy with Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard layoffswww.polygon.comreddig33@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square110fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareClopClopMcFuckwad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up191arrow-down2·11 months agoThey’re not too happy, and they may even write a strongly worded email expressing their unhappiness.
minus-squareOsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up96·11 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-up63·11 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-down1·11 months agoBasically Ma Bell.
minus-squaremaccentric@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoI got the ill communication
minus-squareCaptainEffort@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoIf they actually managed to, my faith in humanity would be restored a little bit
minus-squareOrbituary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down42·11 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-down1·11 months agoProbably European.
minus-squareOsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·11 months agoWhat?? On the internet???
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·11 months agooh no, literally undecipherable
minus-squarebartolomeo@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down5·11 months agoLmao found the American.
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoHow dare people write in the spoken order!
minus-squaresbv@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·11 months agoWOAH WOAH WOAH LET’S KEEP THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE HERE
minus-squareEdibleFriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·11 months agoThey didn’t even slam them.
minus-square0110010001100010@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months agoOr even give them a good BLAST.
minus-squareemogu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·11 months agoThe FTC Bukkakes Microsoft Over Activision Blizzard layoffs
minus-squareEdibleFriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months agoThat’s the kind of click bait we need.
minus-squareFunkyMonk@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-211 months agoyou cant just blindside job creators with that, think of the neppies /s
They’re not too happy, and they may even write a strongly worded email expressing their unhappiness.
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!
WOAH WOAH WOAH LET’S KEEP THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE HERE
They didn’t even slam them.
Or even give them a good BLAST.
The FTC Bukkakes Microsoft Over Activision Blizzard layoffs
That’s the kind of click bait we need.
you cant just blindside job creators with that, think of the neppies /s