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Nextcloud Forms European Coalition - Begins Antitrust Actions Against Microsoft (fossforce.com)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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we are asking the antitrust authorities in Europe to enforce a level playing field, giving customers a free choice and to give competition a fair chance.

Well... let's see where this goes.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

By the way, isn't pre-installing laptops with windows also forcing users? I wonder what the legal difference is of doing so through a proxy as opposed to the office suite situation. Or apple with preinstalled osx?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago (1 children)

That's the wrong I'd most like to right. Especially on the "clone machines" from Dell, Lenovo, Acer, Asus, HP etc. That is the thing that would really create a level playing field, imo.

And it ought to apply to Android too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I always assumed I pay extra for the OS. The last few times I went laptop shopping there always was an option to buy the Laptop without an OS aswell...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Wow - that's not been my experience at all. May I ask which country you live in?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

I saw that in France, however every non-tech-savvy person will pay extra to get their ~Window$~ Windows installed (There is also a big chance they only know Windows and MacOS)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

I'm from Austria. I used to buy from smaller retailers but I also noticed it when buying from Fujitsu for work

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago (1 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j9j-Ywjmbk

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Ok, so the difference is: (1) option to uninstall windows and get refunded (2) macbooks support windows drivers, and it is possible to install and run windows on them (3) osx is free. Is any of that not the case for pre-installed office365?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

OSX is not free

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago

FINALLY somebody is doing something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

I hope it's not too late, and I hope it will be effective. This is a really good thing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

Microsoft's New Windows Prompts Try To Stop People Downloading Chrome

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/21/12/02/1441258/microsofts-new-windows-prompts-try-to-stop-people-downloading-chrome

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Yeah - I read that... carrying on as they've always done.