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Re:EU antitrust regulators clear $69B Microsoft, Activision ... by VWWHFSfQ on Monday May 15, 2023 @11:53AM (#35950257)
USA and UK have already moved to block the acquisition. And now EU is the one allowing it to go through?

> The approval is a rare occasion where European regulators appear to be more accommodating to the tech industry than the United States.

This is very surprising to me. In any case, unless FTC loses their lawsuit, which I believe is unlikely, the merger is still most assuredly not going to happen.

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Re:EU antitrust regulators clear $69B Microsoft, Activision ... by lttlrck on Monday May 15, 2023 @12:20PM (#35950668)
Given the chances if it going through are quite limited, perhaps they're playing the odds and this is a purely political decision. Sending some signal to US/UK/MS that we're not party to.

Plus if it somehow goes through they'll have a big US target to fine if they step out of line. I'm sure they'll like that.

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