“Nextcloud has also filed a request with the German antitrust authorities, the Bundeskartellamt, for an investigation against Microsoft,” the report mentioned. Nextcloud has urged the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition to prevent this kind of abusive behavior and keep the market competitive and fair for all players. Nextcloud alleged that the tech giant has “outright blocked other cloud service vendors by leveraging its position as gatekeeper to extend its reach in neighboring markets, pushing users deeper into its ecosystems”.Įnterprise communication platform Slack has also filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft in the European Union (EU) about Microsoft’s integrating Teams with Office. Microsoft was yet to react to the formal complaint filed by Nextcloud. Nextcloud GmbH has filed an official complaint with the EU Directorate-General for Competition regarding the behavior of Microsoft in respect of their abusive practices related to OneDrive. According to Nextcloud, the anti-competitive practices of tech giants. (Im not even European) this seems focused on the specific company Nextcloud. Microsoft Accused Of Anti-Competition In Europe For Merging OneDrive With Windows. practices of Microsoft related to OneDrive. “Together with the other members of the coalition, we are asking the antitrust authorities in Europe to enforce a level playing field, giving customers a free choice and giving the competition a fair chance,” he said in a statement. Nextcloud complaint precedes investigation into Microsoft market dominance. Nextcloud has filed an official complaint with the European Commissions Directorate-General for Competition. “This is quite similar to what Microsoft did when it killed the competition in the browser market, stopping nearly all browser innovations for over a decade,” said Frank Karlitschek, Nextloud’s CEO and Founder.
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