

“Microsoft’s combination of the dominant Windows (operating software) with the OneDrive (cloud) offering makes it nearly impossible to compete with their SaaS services,” Nextcloud said in a blog post. Lead by Nextcloud, a coalition of European Union (EU) software and cloud organizations and companies formed the “ Coalition for a Level Playing Field.”
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In the complaint, Germany-based Nextcloud told the European Commission (EC) that Microsoft is aggressively bundling its OneDrive cloud, Teams, and other services with Windows 10 and 11.

Senior Reporter, Computerworld | 1:46 pm PST Microsoft / RawPixel (CC0)įile-hosting service provider Nextcloud, backed by 29 other European companies, has filed a complaint with the European Union and German antitrust authorities against Microsoft for what it’s calling anti-competitive behavior related to the OneDrive cloud storage offering. Nextcloud and 29 other companies have signed onto a complaint against Microsoft’s bundling of its OneDrive file-sharing app with both Windows 10 and 11, saying it’s nearly impossible for users to choose other file-sharing services.
