Re:Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision takeover. ...
by 908B64B197 on Monday May 01, 2023 @02:57PM
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> I don't mind the complaint about CMA being undemocratic because it's a council of unelected bureaucrats, it's just trash-talk from someone that didn't get what they wanted; to be expected.
Is it really "trash talk" if it's 100% true?
> The idea of blocking a deal because maybe this technology will become much more popular one day and maybe Microsoft will be the success is IMO dumb. It's just a dumb argument.
You have to realize that these unelected bureaucrats have to justify their pension funds and headcounts. They NEED to block something so they can brag they "protected" the UK against some "monopolistic evil foreing tech giant".
Is it really "trash talk" if it's 100% true?
> The idea of blocking a deal because maybe this technology will become much more popular one day and maybe Microsoft will be the success is IMO dumb. It's just a dumb argument.
You have to realize that these unelected bureaucrats have to justify their pension funds and headcounts. They NEED to block something so they can brag they "protected" the UK against some "monopolistic evil foreing tech giant".
If you can't innovate... Regulate!