Headline makes her sound petty, when she’s actually the most important anti-monopoly figure of the past 40 years
this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2025
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My queen.
I was literally just thinking "Lina Khan, my queen" as the thread was loading. I am glad to be amongst kindred spirits.
I miss her 🥺
Didn't like a judge intervene to make this deal happen? Can we get that dumbass judge's face plastered over this deal?
I remember how much games media was hyped on the activision acquisition. It's probably because Kotick and Blizzard execs are a bunch of bastards but that doesn't make MS execs great. Just less shitty. Also had the feeling like games media at the time saw it as strengthening western games studio employment stability. Things have not gone as hoped for in the last few years
lmao on anyone that was dumb enough to think this was going to be a positive outcome
at least it was two shit AAA game companies and not another great indie dev getting absorbed
Well, they still drag around the name Blizzard despite buying it and beating it into a pulp. That still makes me salty everytime I see an article with Activision-Blizzard. Anyone who thinks they can buy reputation is a sociopath.
If a great indie dev gets absorbed then it will cease being great. Mergers by these souls corps are almost always bad for everyone except the execs and shareholders.
The sad thing is that nowhere near enough people will cancel their subs to offset the price increase.
to be fair, the layoffs (could) have been done under Activision.
Implying that Microsoft wasn't going to do any layoffs or raise game pass prices if the deal didn't happen?
Implying that consolidation gives them much more leverage to do whatever they like with more detrimental outcomes for the industry and users.
Microsoft sold the acquisition as good for consumers. Now they're doubling the price of GamePass.
Cue Jack's lack of surprise, or however the Fight Club meme goes.
Maybe the FTC should have tried something better than "But what about poor Sony??" as an argument against the acquisition, then.
Capitalistic enshitification strikes again