• Whirlybird
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    It wouldn’t let Microsoft have a monopoly though. How would it?

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        What other products do Microsoft have a monopoly on exactly?

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          Maybe you weren’t born when this happened, so it’s understandable that you don’t know

          The magazine Business & Economic Research argued that, contrary to Friedman’s concerns, the settlement actually had little effect on Microsoft’s behavior. The fines, restrictions, and monitoring imposed were not enough to prevent it from “abusing its monopolistic power and too little to prevent it from dominating the software and operating system industry.” For that reason, Microsoft remained dominant and monopolistic after the trial, and it continued to stifle competitors and innovative technology.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp.

          If a market regulator is slowing these cunts down, they’re doing their job.

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            That was over 20 years ago….

            What do Microsoft have a monopoly on in 2023?

            Regulators don’t exist just to “slow companies down”. They’re there to ensure fairness in the market, and this deal doesn’t make the cloud market unfair in any way. If you think it does, explain how please?

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              Are you being deliberately obtuse?

              75% of the desktop market…

              https://www.statista.com/statistics/218089/global-market-share-of-windows-7/

              You think ms would act differently if they could?

              The EU greenlit this, the US tried to block it and lost, the CMA made them sell it to Ubi so that they are not in total control if the price

              It’s not that complicated, Activision games won’t be exclusively sold by ms

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                That’s not a monopoly.

                I know what the CMA did. I’m not saying it’s complicated? I’m saying that they’re overstepping their bounds here.

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                  Oh fuck off. In the UK a firm is said to have monopoly power if it has more than 25% of the market share.

                  They acted to ensure there was more competition for Activision games, if you don’t understand that you’re either a retard or a troll.

                  Either way, jog on.

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                    So Sony, nintendo, and Microsoft all have a monopoly on video games in the UK? 😂. They all have over 25% market share.

                    You’re misunderstanding the description that you read. In the UK if a merger would result in over 25% market share it automatically needs approval by the CMA. That doesn’t mean 25% means it’s a monopoly. If it did that would mean that any merger that gave more than 25% would be flat out denied. Microsoft already has over 25% market share, that’s why it’s being investigated.

                    more competition for Activision games

                    What on earth do you even mean by this? Other consoles and streaming services aren’t owed Activision games.

                    Name call more mate, really making yourself look intelligent.