Microsoft (MSFT) and TikTok have made the news recently. Supported by the United States' executive branch, the Redmond-based company could be days away from closing a $50-billion deal to acquire the social media company from its Chinese parent ByteDance (BDNCE).
As discussions might be happening behind closed doors, arguments against the acquisition continue to surface. Here are some of them:
- An apparent lack of fit between the enterprise software giant and the nascent social media platform;
- An accepted invitation from Microsoft to join the infamous "malicious content party" currently attended by Facebook (