I think it's pretty clearly an anti-competitive move that could seriously harm the technology sector more than any other tech acquisition (probably).

I'm not surprised that many governments are investigating it, but I do not expect them to look capital in the eye and say "no".

What is interesting is that the UK government is investigating it on "defense" grounds. I could see a world in which they'd block the acquisition for that reason.

What do you think?

  • TheyLive [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    When's the last time a thing like this got blocked. Disney was forced to only buy the entertainment section of Fox and I can't remember if Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll has gone through fully or not yet. I can't remember the last time a big merger/acquisition was actually blocked because all of the regulation arms of the world governments have been stacked with people from the industries they're supposed to be regulating.

    Military defense is the only reason I can see anything being blocked nowadays.