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[–] echo64@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The regulatory bodies hand waved actiblizzard through. Let's not pretend anything else happened there. Microsoft can do whatever they want and no one is gonna stop them. Same as every other big company.

The only thing stopping Ms. is that valve is a privately owned company. But everyone has a price.

[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The same regulatory bodies that sued to block the deal without any convincing case "handwaved" it?

[–] echo64@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, that is just how the American system works. The actual body here is the doj. The ftc tried to sue and was slapped back immediately. This was the ftc trying to show claws and the actual ruling body saying no, you have no power and Microsoft can do what they want.

It was a huge loss for the ftc that has been trying, and failing to fight big tech