Antitrust: Several digital players attack Microsoft for its integration of Teams and OneDrive |Macgeneration

Microsoft is again accused of anti -competitive practices.Thirty companies and associations brought together under the name of "Coalition for a Level Playing Field" are organized to fight against the Redmond giant.The reason ?These digital players believe that Microsoft abuses its dominant position with its home programs.For some time, OneDrive and Teams have been for example preinstalled by default on Windows.The use and configuration of the two software is then regularly offered to the user.For the coalition, this behavior "limits the choice of consumer and creates a barrier for other companies offering competing services".

The group is led by the company NextCloud (a competitor from OneDrive) and is made up of open source actors, European cloud and software publishers.A first complaint was filed by NextCloud at the start of the year with the European Commission while a request for an investigation was made to the German regulator.In France, a potential third complaint is being reflection.In its press release, the coalition compares the current situation with the late 90s, when Microsoft embarked Internet Explorer with its OS to compete.

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To remedy the problem, the group requests the end of "barriers to entry" for third -party players in order to have fair competition.Are notably pointed out the fact of bringing together several services in one (Office and Teams for example) or even to preinstall and to encourage to use Microsoft services on Windows.The coalition also pleads for "open standards and interoperability" which would make migrations easier while offering more choices to the customer.

Microsoft is regularly accused of anti -competitive practices.Recently, an update of Windows 11 blocked certain links for external browsers in order to highlight the Edge browser.Last year, the Slack company also filed a complaint and criticized Microsoft for having linked Teams and Office, forcing millions of users to install the videoconferencing software.