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Re:EU Launches Probes into Apple, Meta, Google Under New Dig... by concinds on Monday March 25, 2024 @08:14AM (#39815327)
Not at all. The EU announced just days ago that they're investigating MS Entra+365

https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/22/eu_antitrust_microsof...

They started an investigation on 365+Teams a year ago:

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_...

And Microsoft complied by unbundling Teams in the EEA:

https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-unbundle-teams-...

and late last year, the EU asked Teams rivals whether they still thought there was an issue:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/microsoft-rivals-asked-...

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Re:EU Launches Probes into Apple, Meta, Google Under New Dig... by dacryn on Monday March 25, 2024 @08:16AM (#39815344)
whilst similar, an antitrust investigation is different than this one. Microsoft should be on both lists.
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Re:EU Launches Probes into Apple, Meta, Google Under New Dig... by concinds on Monday March 25, 2024 @08:23AM (#39815410)
They are "on both lists". The DMA is about platform gatekeeping, and the EU did designate Microsoft a gatekeeper with Windows.

Microsoft's DMA changes include allowing Edge to be uninstalled, interoperability in Search and Widgets, asking users for consent before syncing content through the connected Microsoft account, and more strictly respecting browser defaults.

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