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The EU exists to subsidise EU businesses by taxing (fining) American ones. Why is it okay to sell a bundle that has spreadsheets and emails but not messaging a
by Wolfenstein98k 2y ago
The EU exists to subsidise EU businesses by taxing (fining) American ones.
Why is it okay to sell a bundle that has spreadsheets and emails but not messaging and conferencing?
- tyingq 2y agoI believe the general category of antitrust is "tying agreements" where you tie a weaker market share product to a stronger one. Also, I'm not arguing why it's okay, just that it's a normal part of antitrust law and not specific to the EU. The US FTC has an example on this page: https://www.ftc.gov/advice-guidance/competition-guidance/guide-antitrust-laws/single-firm-conduct/tying-sale-two-products https://www.ftc.gov/advice-guidance/competition-guidance/gui...
- switch007 2y agoHow do EU fines subsidise EU businesses? https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/index/fines_en https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/index/fines_en : > Fines imposed on undertakings found in breach of EU antitrust rules are paid into the general EU budget. This money is not earmarked for particular expenses, but Member States' contributions to the EU budget for the following year are reduced accordingly. The fines therefore help to finance the EU and reduce the burden for taxpayers.
- bearjaws 2y agoNobody would use Teams over Slack (especially from 2019-2022) if it wasn't part of O365. My company switched us off of it and it sucked. But it was included in our E5 licenses :)