[adabyron]

> except Microsoft for some reason

I would watch a documentary on what Microsoft had to do to get Activision. It seemed they spent a lot on the best legal team money could buy & on political capital as well. There were a ton of different angles too such as mobile gaming where Microsoft can't compete easily, studios where Microsoft has a lot, the Activision harassment fallout, the foreign competitors (Sony & Nintendo), cloud gaming competition.

Figma & Adobe had a lot less competition pre-AI wave so I understand the push back on that one. Especially due to Adobe's past on buying competition, killing it off & little innovation. Ironically now with all the AI startups I think Adobe has a lot of competition.

The Spirit/JetBlue airlines M&A being stopped is still my biggest head scratcher.

I personally think Figma & Adobe should have been allowed to merge though as companies like Affinity offer a very competitive product. I also was in favor of all the above M&As though.