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Not at all. The EU announced just days ago that they're investigating MS Entra+365 https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/22/eu_antitrust_microsoft_entra_id/ http
by concinds 3y ago
Not at all. The EU announced just days ago that they're investigating MS Entra+365
https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/22/eu_antitrust_microsoft_entra_id/ https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/22/eu_antitrust_microsof...
They started an investigation on 365+Teams a year ago:
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_3991 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_...
And Microsoft complied by unbundling Teams in the EEA:
https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-unbundle-teams-office-seeks-avert-eu-antitrust-fine-2023-08-31/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-unbundle-teams-...
and late last year, the EU asked Teams rivals whether they still thought there was an issue:
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/microsoft-rivals-asked-if-teams-offer-addresses-concerns-eu-document-2023-11-28/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/microsoft-rivals-asked-...
- dacryn 3y agowhilst similar, an antitrust investigation is different than this one. Microsoft should be on both lists.
- concinds 3y agoThey are "on both lists". The DMA is about platform gatekeeping, and the EU did designate Microsoft a gatekeeper with Windows. Microsoft's DMA changes include allowing Edge to be uninstalled, interoperability in Search and Widgets, asking users for consent before syncing content through the connected Microsoft account, and more strictly respecting browser defaults.