alt Hacker NewsDo you really think it's impossible to pass legislation that makes something that's currently easy hard without making the reverse any harder as well?
Do you really think it's impossible to pass legislation that makes something that's currently easy hard without making the reverse any harder as well?
Yes, because the difficulties in separating integrated pieces have nothing to do with a merger.
What makes splitting a company out difficult isn't (directly) a financial or paperwork burden - it's that tightly integrated systems are very difficult to untangle. There is nothing analagous that could be introduced in the merger process. You could add a mandatory delay, but that's not making it "as hard", it's just making it slower.