Pretty sure the lyric was "the FCC won't let me be"

Lyric is actually "The FCC won't let me be, or let me be me, so let me see". Was talking about the Federal Communications Commision, not the Federal Trade Commission. The FCC had tried to fine a Colorado Radio Station for playing one of his songs, but they ultimately lost in the court of public opinion and relented.

Still applies though, the FTC definitely won't let us be xD

lmao I know I was doing that misheard lyric meme 

Of course, they'd LOVE to win, but we can see very clearly from the statements made by them that they consider the act of fighting the fight a noble goal in and of itself, and that they absolutely will continue to push that envelope. 

Yeah but also FTC is limited on funds and that kind of reckless shit is wasting those limited funds and will eventually piss off Democrats/Republicans. There is speculation that they are doing this, picking fights all over, to eventually force a change in law.

I do agree that they think it is a noble goal but I think it's risky to assume FTC is THIS stupid and just doing shit for the hell of it, as if they have no plan, which is just overly optimistic in favour of Microsoft. Their plan IMHO is very clearly hinging on the CMA blocking the deal and delay tactics which have worked in the past, so it's a somewhat smart plan.

We're not Microsoft though, who should now be putting their full attention into making CMA approve this deal no matter what.

It's this sort of delay tactics which caused other companies to abandon their deals and why companies are speaking to the SC to enact a change so they can force FTC straight to federal courts, Microsoft now has to go through their internal process before going through the federal courts, and the internal process is dated for August 2023, Lol.

We shouldn't assume that the people you think are completely relying on outside regulators to get a "win" here, but are simultaneously lying about the proceedings taking place under the supervision of outside regulators, and are asserting this in legal documents outlining their case no less, are stupid? 

I mean...we certainly shouldn't think they're playing 4D chess, that's for sure lol

Their arguments are weak because their position is weak.  It's no complicated tactic it's just more posturing.  You are right they will play it for all its worth but at the end of the day it's just a tactic to prop up a few people who are looking to push their career.

This tactic only strengthens MS position as I continue to state.  If the FTC position is that MS could harm the industry by keeping COD from competitions platform, well MS has already shone they are more than willing to make concessions on that front.  This plays more into MS hands then it does the FTC and it gives MS the ability to deal and take away those arguments.  As I pointed out, this is what actually makes me believe that MS will land this deal above 90% because it really seems like everything is played exactly as MS would want.

If I was Phil, I would come to the CMA like this. Give me a time of how long you want COD on Sony system so we can make this happen. Hell, do you want us to allow Sony to pay us to put COD on PS Plus, that is fine. We will charge them an arm and a leg but they can have it. Hell, if you want we will throw in Overwatch in there for free.

I never said they're relying on EC

All it takes is CMA. EC can be appealed too. It's clear that CMA is the crutch and CMA's arguments also strongly match FTC's arguments, it's not 4D chess, it's a risky bet to take but it's one that actually makes some sense. Sue before CMA makes their move which gives them the confidence to block the deal outright, then Microsoft will abandon the deal and both CMA and FTC come out with a huge win.

CMA will not want to be the only regulator in the world to block the deal, but with FTC against the deal, that prospect is now more convincing.

I'm just parroting the arguments of other lawyers as to what FTC's tactic may be, though.

You don't push your career by losing, you only look like a loser who wasted everyone's time and money.

FTC doesn't care about Microsoft's concessions, they want the deal blocked.

You're FAR too optimistic on this deal, things definitely aren't going according to plan or exactly as Microsoft wanted, Lol.

Their arguments can be re-made precisely because they're doing it internally, they will present weak arguments and their internal courts will tell them to come back with something stronger, Microsoft cannot clear this up until FTC takes them to federal courts and FTC won't take them to federal courts until they go through their internal procedure first, it's a delay tactic.

And why companies are demanding the SC changes thing so that they can take FTC straight to federal courts and skip the internal procedure.

I'd recommend following the Era thread cause it has a lot of useful information on this whole stuff and Idas is an actual lawyer, along with Hoeg.