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by perlgeek1 days ago |
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upvoteby riskable1 days ago|
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The time for regulatory action against Microsoft was thirty years ago and the need for it has only grown since then.

The FTC wasn't doing their job between 1980-2020 because of their ridiculous standard of, "if it doesn't raise consumer prices, it must be allowed." This lead to massive consolidation in many industries which of course ended up raising prices and hurting consumers anyway.

Recently they've had some wins but overall they're still failing to do their job.

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upvoteby genewitch1 days ago|
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> "if it doesn't raise consumer prices, it must be allowed."

are there any books or good articles with good sources about this? I'm very interested in what happened in the 80s through the mid 90s.

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upvoteby pogue1 days ago|
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Lina Khan was right - after allowing the Activation merger, Game Pass prices skyrocketed to $30 a month for their most expensive tier.
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upvoteby newsoftheday1 days ago|
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> If it weren't for the current administration

Because the Democrats were better at keeping them on a leash? No. Clinton was in charge 30 years ago and blew it.

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upvoteby tremon1 days ago|
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It was the Clinton administration that started regulatory proceedings against Microsoft, but it was GW Bush that was president during the conclusion of the case. And, true to form:

> The Department of Justice, now under Bush administration attorney general John Ashcroft, announced on September 6, 2001, that it was no longer seeking to break up Microsoft and would instead seek a lesser antitrust penalty

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor...

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upvoteby account4223 hours ago|
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Because the previous administration(s) regulated MS so much that they aren't too big to fail now?
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