In a new letter, the FTC complains that Microsoft's 1,900 layoffs across its video game workforce contradict what was said in the antitrust trial over its now-complete acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
It’s not “the government”. It’s one specific agency of the government. The courts are more “the government” than the FTC is, and they’re the ones who approved the acquisitions.
The FTC has complained about the acquisition literally every step of the way. Not really surprising that they’re complaining about this.
“In continuing its opposition to the deal, the FTC ignores the reality that the deal itself has substantially changed. Since the FTC lost in court last July, Microsoft was required by the UK competition authority to restructure the acquisition globally and therefore did not acquire the cloud streaming rights to Activision Blizzard games in the United States. Additionally, Sony and Microsoft signed a binding agreement to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation on even better terms than Sony had before.” -Microsoft
I don’t know why people are down voting you just because they don’t like the government.
You must be new to Lemmy, but the voting system on Lemmy is even more of a wild west than Reddit’s was/is. I can only guess that is because of the significantly smaller userbase, so biases and other factors are more easily visible through votes. Smaller sample pool makes smaller voices much louder and such.
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If only there were some regulatory body the government had that could set things right!..right?
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The government “complains” about megacorps tells you everything you need to know about who sets the rules around here.
Couldn’t have said it better myself. I’m so tired of this system.
It’s not “the government”. It’s one specific agency of the government. The courts are more “the government” than the FTC is, and they’re the ones who approved the acquisitions.
Lol the Microsoft response is just trying to distract the court by saying “hey look at this other stuff we are doing that isn’t anticompetitive”
The FTC has complained about the acquisition literally every step of the way. Not really surprising that they’re complaining about this.
I don’t know why people are down voting you just because they don’t like the government. The FTC legally fought this every step of the way: https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/2210077-microsoftactivision-blizzard-matter
You must be new to Lemmy, but the voting system on Lemmy is even more of a wild west than Reddit’s was/is. I can only guess that is because of the significantly smaller userbase, so biases and other factors are more easily visible through votes. Smaller sample pool makes smaller voices much louder and such.
I’m not new to Lemmy. I was just venting my frustrating against this attitude.
It is a disappointing facet of Lemmy, for sure.
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