[riskable]

The time for regulatory action against Microsoft was thirty years ago and the need for it has only grown since then.

The FTC wasn't doing their job between 1980-2020 because of their ridiculous standard of, "if it doesn't raise consumer prices, it must be allowed." This lead to massive consolidation in many industries which of course ended up raising prices and hurting consumers anyway.

Recently they've had some wins but overall they're still failing to do their job.

[pogue]

Lina Khan was right - after allowing the Activation merger, Game Pass prices skyrocketed to $30 a month for their most expensive tier.

[genewitch]

> "if it doesn't raise consumer prices, it must be allowed."

are there any books or good articles with good sources about this? I'm very interested in what happened in the 80s through the mid 90s.