Warren, Ocasio-Cortez propose halt to big mergers during coronavirus pandemic

I have very mixed feelings about this. While the proposal is new and commentary, thus far, is limited, I mostly see discussions of how this impacts the big players (Facebook, Google, Amazon, etc...) and the small startups that would otherwise be scooped up.

What is an interesting question is how this impacts the companies in the middle - i.e. sizable tech companies with, say, $50 million in annual revenue, who don't typically have the resources to acquire startups that are being pursued by the big players.

Would legislation like this allow those middle-market players to grow via acquisition and, thus, create a larger pool of "big players" post-pandemic?