Nextcloud Forms European Coalition - Begins Antitrust Actions Against Microsoft - FOSS Force
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Nextcloud, The Document Foundation and 28 others are pushing the EU and member states to end noncompetitive actions by Microsoft and others.

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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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…

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

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

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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 Windows and MacOS)

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