Do we know if the CMA has made their submissions to the CTA yet for the adjournment?
Edit: Oh wait, I forgot about the time difference. I guess they must have because the deadline has already passed.
Gotta love Sarah Cardell just sitting there thinking sheâs a boss, but in reality, sheâs literally making the this deal worse UK consumers when compared to every other country in the world.
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So the party holding up progress here isâŚ.Microsoft.
Get on with it.
Yeah thatâs what annoys me the most out of all this. Granted yes I/we are used to being shat on by the government and toriesâŚbut how can they genuinely look with a straight face and say whatever crap they come up with in terms of cloud will benefit consumers? Right now we get Xcloud as part of Gamepass Ultimate and we can play games on gamepass via the cloud which is nice and simple. But now thanks to the CMA weâre hearing crap like Xbox having to maybe license out or spin off or maybe not include Activision games. Either way itâs looking like Xcloud is going to be modified in a way that has no benefit whatsoever to UK gamers and all because of the CMA and their attitude that they know better than everyone else and thanks to that theyâre now scrambling to save face
(sorry for the rant 
just annoys me that thereâs a good chance us UK gamers/consumers may end up having Xcloud messed up for no real reason while it remains the same everywhere else)
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Do they only get one shot with it? As in they have to fashion a proposal that will be accepted, because there is no discussion or back and forth for this?
If that is the case then I understand why they are taking their time. Whatâs 2 or 3 days in getting this right when theyâve spent months in the pursuit of this?
I mean the whole point of this surely is theyâve spent the last month in discussions to understand exactly what would be requiredâŚif itâs that critical to get it right and they donât know for sure then how confident can we be that they have properly comprehended what is required?
Iâm not confident in the CMA properly conveying what theyâre concerned about. Theyâre playing a game here.
Iâm at the point where I think theyâll still reject it and MS would need to close over the CMA.
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I think the judge made it very clear they wouldnât be tolerating any gamesmanship bullshit and they better be working to do this right and get it over the line if feasible.
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Takes a while to find crayons a draw pretty pictures that the CMA will be able to understand. ( /s just in case)
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Finalizing a deal to sell a cloud business that will make 0 money takes time
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The delay is likely from coming up with an arrangement that works for them and for whoever is purchasing what they want to sell (rumored to be telecom EE), while ensuring that they are going to be OK with the letter of the CMAâs objections afterwards. Iâm sure theyâre doing their best.
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Letâs not forget why this delay originally happened and it still pays to be weary of the CMA after what they pulled.
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After checking Last of US on PC, I am sure they do not do it for pleasing us.
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At no point in time, I expect CMA to say anything that would make them appear weak. And MS has no interest to contradict them.
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MS must have an understanding of what is required to pass before agreed to pause the appear, they donât need the CMA to crave in, they just need them to be constructive towards a solution.
I mean if they play a game here and block it again after all this, the damage to their reputation will be huge compared to them just keep the original block.
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It is in CMA process to judge the proposal on its merits and not based on negociations. For the previous rounds, they dismissed the 10 year contracts as being not part of the deal (if you make contracts after proposal to smooth out the judges, it means you were not really ready to do it in the first time). UK and US are quite different in the way they handle the process. EU was also more about finding a common ground, whereas UK is cautious about anything not in the first proposal.
That is why MS is preparing carefully their proposition.
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The Microsoft/ABK lawyer did say on Monday case hearing that they would have a proposal ready in 3 days time and that is today.
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When a kitten thinks of itself as a lion.
https://twitter.com/IdleSloth84_/status/1682034710862774273?t=NwJuxeo5aHlleDeWcwCDQg&s=19
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Are they baseing that headline strictly because a law professor claimed that MS may have realized it could lose the appeal? I havenât seen any evidence to support that, nor do I think MS would have lost the appeal, I just donât think either side wants to go through the process.
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Itâs just posturing, If they were really serious about showing teeth, they wouldnât come back to the negotiating table. They are not immune to political pressure, simple as that, especially when the three largest economic powers in the world allowed the merger.
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