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Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/11/23779039/microsoft-activision-blizzard-ftc-trial-win

From the article, quoting Judge Corley:

... the Court finds the FTC has not shown a likelihood it will prevail on its claim this particular vertical merger in this specific industry may substantially lessen competition. To the contrary, the record evidence points to more consumer access to Call of Duty and other Activision content. The motion for a preliminary injunction is therefore DENIED.

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Dahjoos,

My main argument against the acquisition is that the morons behind Activision/Blizzard will get a ridiculous payout

These people should get a lifetime ban from executive positions, not a payout

Dahjoos,

As a EU (plus UK) citizen, you have a bunch of pretty neat rights over your data due to GDPR, and unlike most other laws, violating GDPR can really hurt the perpetrator (since they get fined as % of revenue, not % of profit)

GDPR also allows the transfer of data to other countries, but only if the receiving country has privacy protection laws equivalent to GDPR, which excludes pretty much anywhere outside the EU/Eurozone

So, they basically get to ignore GDPR altogether, with no consequences, if this isn’t shut down by the EU right fucking now

The results include, but are not limited to:

-Storing cookies in your computer without your explicit consent (user tracking)

-Targetted ads that you can’t opt out of

-Foreign actors having access to your data

-No way to request the deletion of your data, alongside the erosion of most rights about them

-probably many more

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