• mosiacmango@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    The FTC fully opposed it and is still opposing it as of Dec 6th. The FTC sued twice to stop the deal, and is currently appealing the merger a judge approved.

    They are opposing it so much it is drawing scrutiny on the extremely aggressively antitrust chair Biden appointed, Lina Khan, a person who literally wrote a lauded economics paper about how amazon became a monopoly using anticompetitive practices and illegal tactics.

    Get pissed at the government if you like, but at least get your facts straight first.

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        1 year ago

        My article is from 3 days ago. When was your source in Wikipedia from?

        EDIT: From your own source

        The FTC formally withdrew its challenge to the acquisition on July 20, 2023, though they have announced their intent to refile at a later time.[78] The FTC reopened its case against the merger on September 27, 2023, though was unable to block the merger from occurring.[79]

        So they withdrew their challenge in July and stated they would refile. They did refile in September, and are currently appealing a decision to allow the merger by a judge as of Dec 6th.

        The FTC has been actively fighting this merger every step of the way and has yet to stop.

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            11 months ago

            It’s not fully “closed,” no matter what Microsoft claims. Its been approved by a lower court judge, and the FTC are currently appealing that judgement.

            Fighting the merger in court 3 separate times sure is different than “letting Microsoft buy Activision” though, isn’t it?