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   Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 07:23:39 JST Cory Doctorow

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   • Bruce Elrick
   • Amelia Bellamy-Royds :progress:

   @virtuous_sloth @AmeliasBrain Conditioning mergers and blocking mergers are definitely not the same thing. When the FTC or CMA says, "these firms can't merge," well, they *can't merge*. It's not merely unprofitable do so, it's *illegal.*

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     Bruce Elrick (virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 07:23:53 JST Bruce Elrick

     • Amelia Bellamy-Royds :progress:

     @AmeliasBrain @pluralistic
     Absolutely. But I would then not call that not preventing a merger.