T-Mobile's John Legere says Verizon-Yahoo is `slippery slope'

John Legere wishes Verizon luck with its pending acquisition of Yahoo’s core assets. T-Mobile’s CEO, never shy about bashing rivals, kept up the refrain when asked about Verizon's $4.8 billion Yahoo deal, which Verizon executives hope will make it a major competitor in mobile media.

“It becomes clear that they see customers as units of advertising revenue,” Legere said, noting Verizon has spent over $10 billion, including on AOL, to make this transformation into a media platform. “They’re going into that game against the most powerful companies, Facebook and Google. I think it’s going to be a slippery slope for them.” Legere added that, “I don’t think it impacts us.”