reddig33@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe FTC isn’t too happy with Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard layoffswww.polygon.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1467arrow-down18 cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1459arrow-down1external-linkThe FTC isn’t too happy with Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard layoffswww.polygon.comreddig33@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square70fedilink cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareClopClopMcFuckwad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up170arrow-down2·1 year agoThey’re not too happy, and they may even write a strongly worded email expressing their unhappiness.
minus-squareOsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86·1 year 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-up59·1 year 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-up13arrow-down1·1 year agoBasically Ma Bell.
minus-squaremaccentric@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI got the ill communication
minus-squareCaptainEffort@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoIf they actually managed to, my faith in humanity would be restored a little bit
minus-squareOrbituary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down34·1 year agoYou took all that effort to put the zeros and commas in, but put the $ on the wrong side of the number. Neat.
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·1 year agooh no, literally undecipherable
minus-squareClopClopMcFuckwad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoProbably European.
minus-squaresbv@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 year agoWOAH WOAH WOAH LET’S KEEP THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE HERE
minus-squareEdibleFriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoThey didn’t even slam them.
minus-square0110010001100010@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoOr even give them a good BLAST.
minus-squareemogu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoThe FTC Bukkakes Microsoft Over Activision Blizzard layoffs
minus-squareEdibleFriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoThat’s the kind of click bait we need.
minus-squareFunkyMonk@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 year 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.
oh no, literally undecipherable
Probably European.
What?? On the internet???
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