SAN FRANCISCO: In the clamour stirred up this week by the US government’s antitrust suit against Google, one voice has been noticeably absent: That of Microsoft.
At the heart of their deal — which included dropping a barrage of lawsuits — was an agreement not to take their complaints about each other to regulators.That means it is ending at just the moment when Google is back in the hot seat.It also means that Microsoft has effectively been silenced during a period in which US regulators and politicians have been scrambling to make up for years of inaction in trying to hold the biggest tech companies to account.
But another with knowledge of the agreement said it did not prevent Microsoft responding to cases that are already under scrutiny.Both Google and Microsoft have always maintained that they do not hold back in markets where they directly compete.READ: Commentary: Please don’t end work from home. It’s not that bad
Foundem, a small UK company which made the complaint to Brussels that helped trigger the case, had ruled out the idea of seeking regulatory relief before it was steered in that direction by Icomp. As a result, the most profitable parts of consumer tech are characterised by monopolies or duopolies.
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