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I think the only one misunderstanding here is you. Meta is operating in the UK. Just because it is an American company, they have a presence in the UK. The UK
by joshmanders 4y ago
I think the only one misunderstanding here is you.
Meta is operating in the UK. Just because it is an American company, they have a presence in the UK. The UK government is demanding they sell Giphy, they don't _HAVE_ to follow that demand, but they'll most likely be banned from operating in the UK, which to them is more valuable than keeping Giphy.
This is no different than a UK based company operating in the US and having the US tell them to sell a product they acquired similarly.
As a matter of fact, the US does this stuff all the time.
- robertlagrant 4y ago> I think the only one misunderstanding here is you. You and I are talking. There's no "only one" as though there's a crowd of people present. Try and imagine you're not at the head of a baying mob. I said that forcing a separate product to be sold in a territory by the rulers of that territory is very different to the rulers of a territory forcing the undoing of a merger in a totally different territory. If you disagree, and think they're the same, then say why. If you don't disagree, then say that. Either way, please stop making points that I'm not even necessarily disagreeing with, but aren't relevant to what I'm saying?
- joshmanders 4y agoDo you just like reading your own words, because that's a lot of words for yourself to keep saying "no that's not what I'm talking about" yet everyone who has come in has been on the same page, except you.
- robertlagrant 4y agoI don't think it's a coincidence that the three people who've said something along the same lines have also done it in a Dunning-Kruger-powered sardonic written tone.
- capitalsigma 4y ago> having the US tell them to sell a product they acquired similarly. Has the US actually tried to block a corporate merger between two non-American companies before?