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0 pointstomtheelder2y ago0 comments

I'm firmly of the belief that they are negative value in most cases. Consolidation is an economic and social disaster. It's slowly been choking us out for decades. Certainly I think a corporation the size of Amazon making an acquisition is always negative value.

I think they should be assumed harmful, and burden of proof should be on the acquirer to demonstrate public good.

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nothead2y ago

I agree, but the challenge is defining when a company is big enough to be a problem. Intuitively, Amazon, Google, and MS are all too big for their acquisitions to be considered anything other than anti-consumer. But if you want to regulate it, how do you draw the line? What metrics, what limits, etc.

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