How Brussels’ charges against Microsoft and Apple are laying groundwork for tougher regulation of tech industry
The EU has accused Microsoft and Apple this week of stifling competition, as Brussels steps up its legal challenges to the world’s largest technology groups. European regulators hit Microsoft on Tuesday with antitrust charges that the software giant is unfairly bundling Teams, its video conferencing app, with its Office suite, the first such strike on the company in more than a decade.
Tech groups have the option of trying to settle long-running cases by agreeing to change their practices. Apple, for example, is close to reaching a deal with the EU on an antitrust probe relating to its mobile payments system, people familiar with the case have said. The world’s biggest companies are expected to put up a fight in the EU courts in Luxembourg for years to come, delaying the impact of Brussels’ enforcement efforts.
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