Microsoft's veiled threats to the UK over Activision reveal a lot
Microsoft President Brad Smith is pissed with Britain. He thought his company's $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision was a done deal, but Britain's merger watchdog just blocked it.
In a BBC radio interview, Smith pretty much threatened that Microsoft could pull back from investing in Britain, if Prime Minister Rishi Sunak does not step in to overrule this week's judgement by the Competition and Markets Authority.
Ed: Microsoft issues threats to government in a publisher partly "owned" by Bill Gates (BBC). That says a lot about the media, too.