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UK watchdog slams the brakes on Adobe’s $20 billion bid for Figma (www.theverge.com)
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[–] mrfriki 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would like to be optimistic but if they are ready to spend 20 billions in the acquisition the might as well spare 1-2 extra billions to bribe the proper people.

[–] them 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More like 1-2 thousand. Our politicians are surprisingly cheap to bribe

[–] TheGrandNagus 2 points 1 year ago

The CMA isn't staffed by politicians and politicians don't appoint its staff.