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The hidden cost is also the removal of competition. Google get more heat for browser "monopoly" when they even provide a free browser base for others to customi
by robertlagrant 1y ago
The hidden cost is also the removal of competition. Google get more heat for browser "monopoly" when they even provide a free browser base for others to customise, and Microsoft gets almost none for incredibly overwhelmingly anti-competitive behaviour around lock-in to Office, Teams, Sharepoint, Azure.
- Tijdreiziger 1y agoMicrosoft charged with EU antitrust violations for bundling Teams (The Verge, 25 Jun 2024) – https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/25/24185467/microsoft-teams-eu-bundling-antitrust-violations https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/25/24185467/microsoft-teams-...
- robertlagrant 1y agoIt's true. But I was more talking about how they're respectively considered in HN commentland.