Lina Khan is insane, it would be absurd to take her at face value. If it was up to her, American tech businesses would close up shop and go home.

You're getting downvotes, but IMO it's because people don't realize how far outside the norm Lina Khan's stances and approach has been.

Your completely correct if you mean the norm since the 80's when antitrust enforcement was abandoned. Her stances completely align with the standing anti-laws and regulations that have existed for over 80 years. The anti-trust bar and big business have been trying to redefine what anti-trust is for the past 30-40 years which is what got us into this mess of giant firms and too big to fail economics. The perspective that bringing back regulatory action is outside the norm shows just how skewed economic thinking has been in the US.

It's not just "regulatory action" that the FTC under Khan is embarking on - it's outright hostility and refusal to even work with companies she personally doesn't like.

There is a difference between enforcing laws and then just trying to burn down everything you touch. Khan is embarking on the latter quest (see the way she tried to handle the Within Unlimited acquisition.)

It would be different if the FTC actually attempted to engage in good faith. As someone that has seen them in action recently, they do not.

"The norm" is doing a lot of lifting there.

Trailing historical average doesn't opine on correctness/utility.

It certainly seems "outside the norm" if you compare to the hands off approach that has been taken the past few decades.

It's irrelevant anyway, Lina Khan's views were well known at the time of her selection, this is the desired outcome by Biden.

I don't know anything about the Adobe / Figma situation, but "If you just don't question the government they won't make your life so hard" doesn't seem like a very strong response to accusations of overreach.

By all means question the government! And take them to court!

Just don't disagree with them and engage lawyers AND then complain about how long "the process" is taking.