But access to ABK licenses is not open and not free and not competitive. You have to call Yves and pay him. An EU company controls the UK cloud market now. I’m pretty sure half the British people considers this extremely unfree. And to make sure he doesnt fuck around, the CMA has to monitor Ubisoft (a French company, in the EU, lol) for the next 15 years.
Market access will also be more expensive than under the MS or Activision because Ubisoft have to recoup their money. So by definition this is less open and less free and less competitive. I would not be shocked if cloud companies complain about this in the next weeks because they will have to pay more money. What if (more like a when) Ubisoft comes in more dire straits with their financials? They will squeeze the cloud market. How is that good for competition in the cloud market or consumers?
The CMA just had to accept the EU deal and be done with it. Would be better for the cloud market, consumers and competition. But no, that was to good and rational. Now instead to an Amercian company, UK customers and cloud providers pay fees to EU. Brexit always delivers.