Slack files competition complaint against Microsoft in Europe
Videoconferencing company Slack says Microsoft's Teams software is foisted on customers and should be sold separately from Office
22 July 2020 - 18:03
New York — Slack Technologies on Wednesday urged European Union antitrust regulators to probe Microsoft for unfairly foisting its Teams collaborative software on millions of users.
“Microsoft has illegally tied its Teams product into its market-dominant Office productivity suite, force installing it for millions, blocking its removal, and hiding the true cost to enterprise customers,” Slack said in an e-mailed statement on Wednesday...
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