My cell phone carrier Mint Mobile just got bought by T-Mobile. Mint Mobile is a low cost provider that charges $30 a month, but through T-Mobile I guarantee that phone bill will go up. How can I be sure? Because T-Mobile bought my last carrier Metropcs and the price went up. Before that I was a t-Mobile subscriber but then the the price went up so I changed service.
Living in America is one giant unregulated scam sometimes.
We do have regulations in Canada and it hasnât done a damn thing to protect us. The big 3 telecoms in the country just continuously buy up any small competitor and itâs just allowed to happen by the CRTC.
Now I canât get the song out of my head. Thanks for nothing, sir.
Imagine punishing Microsoft for being a shrewd business.
A system that canât be challenge should not exist at all, its undemocratic in my eyes.
Iâm glad itâs gone because it was silly and a blatant cash grab. However, I also have a slight pang of disappointment as this potentially would have been the case where we got to hear all the juicy details regarding Sonyâs and MSâs business practices.
So what now, every company is required to invest in equal terms now to prevent poor little old billion dollar corporation from losing their crown lol. Never saw anything from antitrust laws that said big companies canât buy anything to make it fair to the small guys, these are ideological lol. Might as well kill capitalism(not saying itâs perfect but its the system we have).
My point was:
Thatâs a long ass list. But Sony clearly donât care about looking like hypocrites, now or in the future when theyâll be making new acquisitions.
I agree, just laughing at the suggestion that Microsoftâs big wallet make them less competitive, when they been using theirs to factually weaken Xboxâs competitiveness(timed exclusives etc). Now they f*** around and find out real quick, and they are screeching 
In my opinion, Microsoft is playing 4D chess with regulators and Sony regarding Call of Duty and exclusive games. Microsoft gave Sony the Bait to challenge them on COD regarding exclusives and Sony took the bait. I can see the latest COD coming to Gamepass early because of Sonyâs arguments about CODâs unique position in the market. Microsoft can use Sonyâs argument to break their marketing deal earlier than expected.
I just want this whole thing to âblow up in Sonyâs faceâ in some way. Thatâs the most ideal scenario as far as I am concerned.
HuhâŠpeople are still spewing this crap? Yes the regulatory body came up with an elaborate scheme to look impartial and then pull the rug out from underneath MS at the last minute and MS lawyers are completely oblivious to it
Yes because Iâm sure that wouldnât end up causing international outrage and flat out destroy the UK relationship with other countriesâŠ
I mean, itâs not like the UK cleared Microsofts $20B purchase of Nuance last year in phase 1, the UK surely wouldnât do that andâŠoh waitâŠthatâs exactly what they didâŠbut I thought theyâre out for blood?
Jesus its like people donât even try to think before talking
I used to think people were spewing crap too, but politics is unpredictable my friend. I want to believe what you said but Iâm just pessimistic based of what they are trying to convey. And who are you to say I wasnât thinking lol, when the CMA themselves is not showing logic that would made me think they are being objective. And no need to be hostile my friend, we both want this to pass obviously.
Microsoft has really made a lot of comments about their market share in Japan. It does make me think they have something planned there after ABK. I have a hard time seeing independent atudios turning things around there.
Something that would be wild to me is Microsoft buying Sega and reintroducing the Sega brand as a cloud device or handheld (with it really also having all the Microsoft brands as well).
Give me an example, in fact while weâre at it give me an example of a regulator in any country that blocked an acquisition successfully because they were âout for bloodâ
Go on, Iâll wait, just one example
What are they trying to convey exactly? So far you threw the typical crackpot theory of âregulator being out for bloodâ so give me an example of this
What exactly have the CMA done though? Did the CMA block the deal? No
Are they talking to MS and open to remedies? Yes
So where is the irrationality here?
Remember when Sony entered the video game industry by stumbling over a PS1 on their way home?
Bro, your arguing for no reason, I did not even state my words as facts. I said âfeelâ, meaning my opinion. But to answer your question, the FTC, Lina Khan? (Yes they have not technically filed an injunction yet). Literally did it because big tech bad. Remember they(the regulators) are trying to change the precedent, cant always really rely on what they did in the past. They are trying to change the landscape of antitrust enforcement by using future hypothetical arguments. Look, im not saying you are wrong, but politics is unpredictable, Brexit happened, Trump happened, Lina Khan happened. Iâm not trying to dispute you, its what I âfeelâ.
