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Seems a little odd given that they unbundled it in Europe.
by jncfhnb 2y ago
Seems a little odd given that they unbundled it in Europe.
- LordKeren 2y agoRegulators likely decided it is worth it to create the precedent that they will be strictly examining Microsoft’s future app releases
- dacryn 2y agothat's what this is about, the EU warned MS to unbundle, and they are not impressed with how they have implemented it. Yes you can buy teams separate from office now, but MS is still clearly abusing their market dominance to force teams upon you (same about onedrive to be fair)
- jncfhnb 2y agoThe article is not clear to me. Is the complaint that Microsoft’s changes were not sufficient? Or is the complain that Microsoft’s behavior prior to the change is punishable now? The article states > The software giant unbundled Teams from Office in Europe last year in an attempt to address regulator concerns Which is a pretty generic statement that makes it hard to follow why they would be accused of bundling still
- vladvasiliu 2y agoHow so? I installed office on a computer the other day, and I had to jump through hoops to only install Excel (which is the only one I needed). By default it was installed and set to automatically start for all users.
- jncfhnb 2y agoThe article suggested that shouldn’t be the case in Europe. I suspect it wasn’t accurate