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
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Re: Microsoft in furious attack on UK as major gaming deal blocked
#3Content 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.
Re: Microsoft in furious attack on UK as major gaming deal blocked
#4Pretty disgusting and low attack, given the form of words used. Another reason not to buy their services, IMO. Plenty of people with budgetary authority will take note.
Re: Microsoft in furious attack on UK as major gaming deal blocked
#5This is likely a good thing. If a company is annoyed by a regulator it either means the regulator accidentally held back passionate progress the populous begged for, or that Microsoft was set to make a load of money off it.
And there's a general lack of articles lamenting this.
Re: Microsoft in furious attack on UK as major gaming deal blocked
#6Content 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.
Re: Microsoft in furious attack on UK as major gaming deal blocked
#7"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.
Re: Microsoft in furious attack on UK as major gaming deal blocked
#8"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.
I dont want a microsoft account on my private computer
Re: Microsoft in furious attack on UK as major gaming deal blocked
#9"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.
> EU should have done the same.
there's reasonable odds that they will
the UK was simply first to reveal its decision
I wonder what the petulant child Brad Smith will say then
Re: Microsoft in furious attack on UK as major gaming deal blocked
#10"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.
> Just goes to show that it was the right decision by the UK.
Bingo!