Slack urges EU to probe Microsoft amid Covid-19 video boom


Slack is asking the European Commission to take swift action to restore fair competition. It said it wants Teams to be sold separately from Office to compete directly with rival standalone products. — Dreamstime/TNS

Slack Technologies Inc urged European Union antitrust regulators to probe Microsoft Corp for unfairly foisting its Teams collaborative software on millions of users.

“Microsoft has illegally tied its Teams product into its market-dominant Office productivity suite, force installing it for millions, blocking its removal, and hiding the true cost to enterprise customers,” Slack said in an emailed statement on Wednesday.

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