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This might be old news, but as the focus has been on COD, this is the first I'm hearing of the 10 year agreement being more than COD

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[–] 098qwelkjzxc@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's so disgusting. Why is nobody calling out these stupid deals? I mean if we could really trust Microsoft with one of the biggest VG publishers in the world they wouldn't need to write contracts basically saying "we'ww be good, we pwomise!!!"

[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My guess is desensitization. Every company is buying each other, and antitrust enforcement hasn't been a thing since FDR.

Neoliberal economics at its finest. Thanks, Reagan.