Discussion

• @slackhq @slackhq on x

  Today we announced that we filed an EU competition complaint against Microsoft. But this is much bigger than Slack v. Microsoft - it's really about two very different philosophies for the future of digital ecosystems - gateways versus gatekeepers. https://slackhq.com/...

• @tomwarren Tom Warren on x

  BREAKING: Slack just filed a competition complaint against Microsoft in the EU. Slack claims “Microsoft is reverting to past behavior” by bundling Microsoft Teams with Office, and thwarting competition. Details here: https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @yuanfenyang Yuan Yang on x

  me today: oh no I have to install Teams for this meeting I'm already late for Teams: but I've been here all along, waiting for just this moment...*whispers* Yuan https://twitter.com/...

• @russellbrandom Russell Brandom on x

  The fact that someone somewhere takes antitrust seriously — even if it's just the EU — has huge implications for how aggressive companies can be with their platform rules. https://www.theverge.com/...

• @backlon Dieter Bohn on x

  Replace... Slack w/ Netscape Teams w/ Internet Explorer Office / Windows EU w/ US 2020 w/ 2001 ...and this is a super old story. https://www.theverge.com/...

• @backlon Dieter Bohn on x

  Replace... Slack w/ Firefox Teams w/ Internet Explorer Office / Windows EU w/ US 2020 w/ 2001 ...and this is a super old story. https://www.theverge.com/...

• @markdistef Mark Di Stefano on x

  Slack's statement about its EU complaint against Microsoft's Teams is 🔥 - Calls out “illegal and anti-competitive behaviour” - “a carbon copy of their illegal behaviour during the Browser Wars”. - Says Microsoft created “a weak, copycat product” https://investor.slackhq.com/ ...

• @hshaban Hamza Shaban on x

  Slack claims: “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.” https://www.businesswire.com/ ...

• @baxiabhishek Abhishek Baxi on x

  But didn't Slack CEO say that they don't see Teams as a competition? https://twitter.com/...

• @maryjofoley Mary Jo Foley on x

  After claiming Microsoft wasn't a competitor, Slack is now filing a competition complaint against Microsoft in the EU, claiming it is illegally tying Teams to Office 365: https://www.zdnet.com/...

• @uzee Uzair Sajid on x

  But but but @stewart had just said two months ago that Teams wasn't even a competitor to Slack? 😂 https://twitter.com/...

• @javierespft Javier Espinoza on x

  “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 a statement.

• @javierespft Javier Espinoza on x

  The complaint accuses Microsoft of “illegal and anti-competitive practice” of abusing its market power to eliminate rivals in alleged breach of EU competition law.

• @ow @ow on x

  Love a good antitrust complaint, and this is a good example of using massive market leverage to squash a burgeoning competitor by bundling an alternative for free. https://twitter.com/...

• @ctpaulson Conner Paulson on x

  Kinda weird for Slack to make an antitrust complaint against a company their CEO doggedly insists is not a competitor. 🤷🏼‍♂ ️ https://twitter.com/...

• @theromit Romit Mehta on x

  https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  Meh. It's a complaint. And have they seen what Google has done here??? Meet? https://www.wsj.com/...

• @knieriemen Greg Knieriemen on x

  Get ready for the “feature or product” debate... https://twitter.com/...

• @ryanfduffy Ryan on x

  Microsoft may not be in the antitrust hot seat in Congress next week, but it wasn't able to dodge the conversation altogether this week https://twitter.com/...

• @bdsams Brad Sams on x

  Here comes the message ballot box But if this catches on, OneDrive could fall into the same category and PowerBI and many others https://twitter.com/...

• @bdsams Brad Sams on x

  Here comes the message ballot box But if this catches on weight, than OneDrive could fall into the same category and PowerBI and many others https://twitter.com/...

• @shiraovide Shira Ovide on x

  Someone find an old @dinabass story and do an antitrust Mad Libs to replace Internet Explorer with Microsoft Teams. https://www.businesswire.com/ ...

• @tonyromm Tony Romm on x

  i'm old enough to remember when Microsoft did this to Google https://twitter.com/...