Does this violate US antitrust laws?
replyIf the spirit of the antitrust law is to protect consumers from enshittification, then yes.
replyBut as written to the letter of the law, no, as this would not create a monopoly. More consolidation yes, but a monopoly technically not.
Given that the whole point is to prevent consolidation that is to the detriment of consumers, well, yeah.
replyyeah, but who's to say Fox is gonna screw up this one?
replyLike the government saying: "Sorry Fox, you cannot have this one, this one is too good for your dinosaur management."
Since that's a very dangerous government hand meddling, I guess the correct move is to let it happen (to our liking or not).
> yeah, but who's to say Fox is gonna screw up this one?
replyI mean... gestures widely