The Federal Trade Commission’s request for an injunction stopping that acquisition heads toward opening arguments this week, the federal regulator cites one piece of what it calls “powerful evidence” that it can’t trust Microsoft’s assurances. In short, as the FTC puts it, “Microsoft’s actions following its 2021 acquisition of ZeniMax speak louder than Defendants’ words.”
If we actually want to solve that problem though, the solution isn’t to just stop the purchase and call it a day. And I doubt the FTC is going to lobby legislators to actually do their jobs.