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?

  • femboi [they/them, she/her]
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    4 years ago

    Does the UK govt even have a say anymore? They should have stopped arm from being purchased by SoftBank if they wanted to have leverage

    • linux [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      I don't know what they're legally able to do, but it's being investigated by the US, EU, China & South Korea at least, so I don't think it matters too much that it's not owned by a British company anymore