Why Do People View the MS Acquisition of ABK as a "Good Thing?"

[VAMatt]

I prefer a complete separation of business and state. Anytime government butts into anything, it makes it worse. And we actually have a really good example here, if the reported ending of X cloud in the UK is truly what has come of the CMA's actions in this case. The only thing the CMA has done here is hurt UK consumers by reducing choice in the way that they access video games.

For me, it's not so much that I think this deal is a net benefit to me or anyone else. But, I think that government telling these businesses what to do would be a net negative. So, I'm glad that, at least in most of the world, government has not been able to tamper with these businesses significantly (in this case).

Last edited by VAMatt - on 12 July 2023