Meta to sell Giphy after UK watchdog confirms ruling
At first I thought Giphy might have been a UK company, but no. It's an American company founded in New York. Ignoring the merits of the judgement—ridiculous as they are—does no one sense terrible outreach in issuing a ruling on a merger about two companies which are in no way related to the country issuing it?<p>This has terrible repercussions for the American tech economy. Every big tech company would think twice before acquiring another company. What if years from now, EU rules that Adobe's acquisition of Figma was illegal and it should unwind it? Perhaps, this is one reason why Microsoft is choosing to home-grow clones of Notion[1] and Canva[2], instead of acquiring them. Maybe that's the path big tech would be forced to take from now on.<p>[1]: <a href="https://medium.com/geekculture/microsoft-loop-clones-notion-d125e5ce1bdd" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/geekculture/microsoft-loop-clones-notion-...</a><p>[2]: <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-announces-canva-competitor-with-new-designer-app-powered-by-ai/" rel="nofollow">https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-announces-canva-comp...</a>