Size seems large enough to warrant an FTC look, especially given Meta’s past. But I guess 1% less lets you pass GO :)

Yep. They were quite blatant about it in the article:

>The structure was intentional. Executives at Meta and Scale AI were worried about drawing the attention of regulators.

The FTC will do nothing. Not under Trump.

There is literally an active anti-trust case against Meta right now.

We'll see.

Perhaps, but it's worth hedging against a potential Trump-Zuck fallout. Also, the statute of limitations for commencing an antitrust investigation is 4 years (15 U.S.C. § 15b).

Competitors just need to lobby sufficiently to get action

he's right. Trump is only marginally more M&A-friendly than Biden.

Trump is pretty anti-other social media.

All the big anti-trust against Meta/Google started under Trump (despite what Zuck claimed to Joe Rogan).