Slack Urges EU to Probe Microsoft Amid Covid-19 Video Boom (1)

July 22, 2020, 4:04 PM UTC

Slack Technologies Inc. urged European Union antitrust regulators to probe Microsoft Corp. for unfairly foisting its Teams collaborative software on millions of users.

“Microsoft has illegally tied its Teams product into its market-dominant Office productivity suite, force installing it for millions, blocking its removal, and hiding the true cost to enterprise customers,” Slack said in an emailed statement on Wednesday.

The complaint escalates a fierce rivalry among videoconferencing and collaboration tools, amid exploding demand as the coronavirus pandemic pushed businesses to shutter offices and move to remote work. Teams vies with Slack and Zoom Video Communications Inc. for corporate customers. ...

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