Nextcloud complaint precedes investigation into Microsoft market dominance by German antitrust authorities

After a complaint filed by #Nextcloud on behalf of a coalition of dozens of European cloud tech providers in November 2021, the #German #Bundeskartellamt (federal #antitrust #authorities) has now begun an official investigation into #Microsoft to assess if the company has a dominant position in the market.

We welcome this development, as this is a first step towards investigating the anti-competitive behavior of Microsoft with regard to #OneDrive bundling and other gatekeeping actions. Rapid developments in AI only serve to strengthen the need for oversight, as the Bundeskartellamt itself also points out.

Since the initial complaint to the European Commissions’ Directorate-General for Competition, Microsoft has continued to limit on the freedom of choice for consumers.

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