If there's one thing that'll get people on your side, it's antagonising them.
Microsoft in furious attack on UK as major gaming deal blocked
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Re: Microsoft in furious attack on UK as major gaming deal blocked
#12Stopping the process of monopolisation is bad for business? Since when?
Re: Microsoft in furious attack on UK as major gaming deal blocked
#13Content aside, this is terrible editing on BBC’s part: > However, the regulator hit back, saying: "It is the CMA's job to do what is best for the people, businesses and economy of the UK, not merging firms with commercial interests." > But the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said its job was not to serve the interests of merging firms.
The first sentence even appears again further down.
I think that was a quote from Brad Smith. That often happens, when they parse a quote for the lede, then expand upon it later.
I don’t have any opinions on the merits (or demerits) of the issue at hand.
Re: Microsoft in furious attack on UK as major gaming deal blocked
#14Also an article in The Gurandia: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/apr/27/microsoft-s...
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#15MS is blackmailing a gov. UK in that case. Proofs MS is way too big - should be a lot smaller, 5-6 times ? Thank you UK !
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Wait, I wasn't thinking there. 5-6 times ?? Let's count: os, cloud, aps, games and games hardwere - that 4 - 5 without improving competition in any of that domains ! 8 - 15 is resonable number then ;) But, for sure, cloud, os and apps should be separated.
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#16Vulgar display of entitlement there, they clearly aren't used to hearing the word "no" from legislators or regulators.
They have quite some interesting virtue signaling material online too.
> "We have a collective opportunity and responsibility to create a more inclusive, equitable, sustainable, and trusted future. "
> "We are committed to support inclusive economic growth, protect fundamental rights, create a sustainable future, and earn trust."
> "We believe technology companies have a responsibility to help protect democratic processes and institutions."
It's all so predictable and tiresome.
Re: Microsoft in furious attack on UK as major gaming deal blocked
#17Stopping the process of monopolisation is bad for business? Since when?
Bad for _their_ business.
Re: Microsoft in furious attack on UK as major gaming deal blocked
#18I can definitely see their point. Asking the government to gain and mantain such a deep insight into market dynamics is bound to fail time and time again. Private monopolies never persist for very long, any attempt to fix that non-problem via governmental interference is bound to produce opposite results.
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#19We need to go beyond stopping mergers. Any company which sees itself as large or powerful enough to make unveiled threats against a national economy needs to be broken up.
For ultra-large companies (e.g. any company with a market cap over $100B at the moment), default-deny should be the position for any mergers from this point - the burden of proof should be on them to show why the merge would not only be non-harmful, but actually benefit the wider economy.
Re: Microsoft in furious attack on UK as major gaming deal blocked
#20"Furious attack" - Just goes to show that it was the right decision by the UK. EU should have done the same. I personally don't want all my games to be linked to a Microsoft account in a few years. There's already too many monopolies. It's bad enough they want to force you to use an online account for the operating system.
If Microsoft being angry shows that it was the right decision, what would it look like if an actually unjust decision was made?