Microsoft president Brad Smith has changed his tone somewhat on the UK's regulatory body, the Competition and Markets A…
  • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Isnt that the body that let the deal happen? Because… Yeah, of course he wants to tongue their assholes while US regulators threaten to claw the deal back.

    • Poopfeast420@kbin.social
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      11 months ago

      They blocked the deal at first, because of concerns with Cloud gaming. Microsoft made concessions and made a deal with Ubisoft, and it got approved.

      • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
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        11 months ago

        But the praise comes after US regulators tried to appeal the green light to undo the merger. I think this is actually shade at the US for challenging the decision

        • Poopfeast420@kbin.social
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          11 months ago

          The praise comes after he gets asked about the UK regulators on a UK show. Like I said, the CMA initially also tried to block it, just like the FTC, so it wouldn’t make sense to me to single one of them out.