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They would never be allowed to block Microsoft from the market though - the NHS runs on windows, and basically every other arm of our government - surely the fi
by joshgree8888888 4y ago
They would never be allowed to block Microsoft from the market though - the NHS runs on windows, and basically every other arm of our government - surely the fines wouldn't ever be more than the gain due to the merger?
- pavlov 4y agoIn antitrust fines are generally not capped, since the whole point is to make giant companies pay attention. The EU fined Google 2.4B euros in 2017, then 4.3B again the following year. Even for Google, 7 billion USD isn’t play money. A market block wouldn’t have to be all or nothing. Maybe start with the offending products: Activision games, Microsoft’s cloud gaming service, etc.