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Re:EU launches probe into Google-Fitbit takeover by kalleboo on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @11:13AM (#24050778)
Both Google and Fitbit have major EU subsidiaries in order to serve the European market. They could spin off the EU subsidiaries and merge only the US headquarters, although that would probably be impractical.

Google Ads policy: "“Google Entity” means Google LLC (formerly known as Google Inc.), Google Ireland Limited or any other Affiliate of Google LLC"

Fitbit Privacy Policy: "Fitbit International Limited, an Irish company, is your data controller and provides the Services if you live in the EEA, UK or Switzerland"

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Re:EU launches probe into Google-Fitbit takeover by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @11:29AM (#24050929)
Intriguingly, it appears TikTok is doing just this to deal with the US government. Selling their US business but having a presence there, managed by a different company, has apparently been seen as a worthwhile option. But yeah, there's a lot of potential issues, especially if said divestments/spinoffs are really only such on paper. Too much coordination and the government still may be upset about it.
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