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.

  • Nayviler@lemmy.caEnglish
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    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