![]() ![]() "Nextcloud has also filed a request with the German antitrust authorities, the Bundeskartellamt, for an investigation against Microsoft," the report mentioned. Nextcloud and around 30 other EU companies file antitrust complaint with European Commission against Microsoft for bundling OneDrive and Teams with Windows. German software company Nextcloud made public today that it had filed complaints against the US company with the European Commission and the German competition authority and was planning further action with the French regulator, reported Politico. Nextcloud has urged the European Commission's Directorate-General for Competition to prevent this kind of abusive behaviour 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 neighbouring 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. German-based tech services provider Nextcloud and its coalition of European-based software providers called the Coalition for a Level Playing Field, has filed a complaint with the European Commission accusing Microsoft of anti-competitive behavior. "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. "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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