[JumpCrisscross]

> Lina Khan explicitly mentions deterrence as a tool in FTC's arsenal

That’s cute. In the real world, most executives will take a few months of mean words from a largely-ignored regulator in exchange for a deal. Deterrence needs to be backed up, in the end, to actually deter.

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Considering how shit scared Facebook is and Amazon seems to be on the acquisitions front, I'd say it's a strategy that's working to a degree. That being said, it has allowed so much leeway with Microsoft though, but I'd say that it's going to end very badly for Microsoft over the next decade, assuming there isn't a president let loose who can give Big Tech more leeway and a looser hand.

[JumpCrisscross]

> Considering how shit scared Facebook is and Amazon seems to be on the acquisitions front

Facebook’s woes predate Khan. Her contribution has largely been fumbling the ball in court, e.g. forgetting to calculate market share.

Amazon is still acquiring [1], the latest in August [2].

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisit...

[2] https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/29/amazon-fig-command-line-te...