US FTC seeks to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision -source
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will file an injunction blocking Microsoft Corp's acquisition of Activision Blizzard , a source familiar with a planned court filing said on Monday.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will file an injunction blocking Microsoft Corp’s (MSFT.O) acquisition of Activision Blizzard (ATVI.O), a source familiar with a planned court filing said on Monday.

  • Landrin201English
    101·
    1 year ago

    Fucking GOOD. Why so many companies are being allowed to so blantantly attempt to become monopolies is beyond me.

    • Nayviler@lemmy.caEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      I don’t understand why there seems to be so much widespread support amongst people of different ideological backgrounds for this deal. The more companies are allowed to do this, the worse it will be for consumers.

      • shannduin@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        People aren’t thinking about it like that unfortunately. They’re going into it thinking that this’ll mean CoD on Xbox Game Pass, improvements to shooters that MS produces, and so on. They’re not considering the long term impact on us, the consumer