Neowin News Feed for: Anti-competitive

Google admits to anti-competitive conduct in Australia

Paul Hill — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 05:12:01 +0000

Google has admitted to engaging in anti-competitive behavior in Australia because of search agreements it made with two telcos. Read more...

Valve hit with $843 million lawsuit for allegedly ripping off UK gamers

Omer Dursun — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 20:08:01 +0000

Over 14 million UK gamers are suing Valve, claiming the company abused its dominance of gaming through Steam. The class action lawsuit seeks $843 million in compensation for alleged price-fixing. Read more...

Amazon joins Google to complain about Microsoft's restrictive cloud computing practices

Mehrotra A — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 19:18:02 +0000

The CMA has published a letter from Amazon noting that Microsoft's current business practices are impacting the cloud computing industry and is preventing users from switching to rival companies. Read more...

Google asks UK regulators to investigate Microsoft's dominance in the cloud computing market

Mehrotra A — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 04:54:01 +0000

Google has sent a letter to the CMA alleging that Microsoft's business practices in the cloud computing industry are hampering the competition and is preventing users from switching to its rivals. Read more...

YouTube seemingly intentionally slow loading on Firefox while Google Chrome works fine

Sayan Sen — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 17:46:01 +0000

If you happen to use Firefox and you recently noticed YouTube loading up slowly on it, chances are it's not your internet or your hardware— Firefox itself allegedly causing the issue. Read more...

French authorities reportedly raided Nvidia's offices in an anti-trust enquiry

Mehrotra A — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 10:26:02 +0000

The French anti-trust authorities had reportedly raided Nvidia's offices in the country this week in relation to an ongoing anti-competition investigation into the cloud computing industry. Read more...

Indian watchdog has opened up inquiry into Google for breach of anti-trust directive

Mehrotra A — Sun, 14 May 2023 12:30:01 +0000

Google has been asked by India's anti-trust watchdog to provide details related to its user choice billing program after companies alleged that Google had been charging up to 26 percent commission. Read more...

India antitrust suit allegedly copy pasted EU rulings more than 50 times

Anushe Fawaz — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 15:56:01 +0000

After being fined $161.59 million in October on the basis of anticompetitiveness by the Competition Commission in India, Google has charged an appeal that the order threatens its market in India. Read more...

EU reportedly gearing up to investigate Microsoft over Teams antitrust complaints from Slack

Usama Jawad — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 01:46:01 +0000

The European Commission (EC) is reportedly preparing to launch an antitrust probe into complaints made against Microsoft Teams by competitor Slack. The two firms have clashed many times in the past. Read more...

Class-action lawsuit alleges Apple and Amazon rigged the market to raise price of iPhone

Usama Jawad — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 01:06:01 +0000

Apple and Amazon have been accused of colluding to raise the price of the iPhone and iPad in the reselling market by unfairly reducing the competition. A lawsuit has been filed by a credible law firm. Read more...

Google slapped with $113 million antitrust fine in India

Usama Jawad — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:22:01 +0000

Google has been handed a $113 million fine by India's antitrust watchdog for forcing consumers and developers to use only its own billing mechanisms for purchases from the Google Play Store. Read more...

Adobe is buying rival Figma for $20 billion

Usama Jawad — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 12:48:01 +0000

Adobe is acquiring its creative design tools rival Figma in a major deal worth $20 billion. The half cash and half stock transaction is expected to close in 2023, subject to regulatory approvals. Read more...

Google loses antitrust appeal in EU court, will have to pay record €4.1 billion fine

Usama Jawad — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 10:26:01 +0000

Google has lost its appeal in the EU General Court for a case that required it to pay a €4.34 billion fine. Although this fine has been slightly reduced now, it is still its biggest penalty in the EU. Read more...

Danish job search company files antitrust complaint against Google

Usama Jawad — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:54:01 +0000

A job search firm in Denmark has filed a complaint against Google, saying that the company uses its inferior Google for Jobs tool to stifle the competition and tighten its grip over the labour market. Read more...

FTC files a lawsuit to stop Nvidia's acquisition of ARM

Mehrotra A — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 08:08:01 +0000

The FTC has filed a lawsuit to prevent Nvidia from completing its acquisition of ARM. The regulator believes that the acquisition will give Nvidia monopoly and is not ideal for the competition. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Defender for the win, trouble with Nextcloud, and ARM exclusivity

Usama Jawad — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 18:16:01 +0000

It's been a relatively slow week due to the holidays in the U.S., but there are still notable news items you might want to catch up on including a complaint against Microsoft in the EU. Read more...

Nextcloud-led coalition complains to the EU about Microsoft stifling competition

Paul Hill — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 01:42:02 +0000

A coalition led by Nextcloud is taking on Microsoft in the European Union. It says that Microsoft is acting anti-competitively by bundling OneDrive, Teams, and other software in Windows 11. Read more...

Facebook slams FTC lawsuits, calls them 'revisionist history'

Usama Jawad — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 09:54:01 +0000

Facebook has responded to antitrust lawsuits filed by the FTC and the U.S. state attorneys, slamming them for being "revisionist history". The company looks forward to presenting evidence in court. Read more...

The FTC files antitrust cases against Facebook, aims to get it to sell Instagram and Whatsapp

Abhay V — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 21:46:01 +0000

The U.S. FTC, along with 48 other attorneys general, has files antitrust lawsuits against Facebook, with an aim to force the firm to sell off WhatsApp and Instagram to restore competition. Read more...

European Commission fines Qualcomm €242 million for anti-competitive practices

Jay Bonggolto — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:52:01 +0000

Qualcomm was slapped with a whopping fine of €242 million today by the European Commission for abusing its market dominance a few years back by selling baseband chipsets to Huawei and ZTE below cost. Read more...

Google receives new €1.49 billion fine by the EU over anti-competitive ad practices

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 06:14:01 +0000

Google is on the receiving end of yet another fine from the EU over alleged anti-competitive practices. The third such fine, this one amounts to €1.49 billion and relates to its AdSense practices. Read more...

Google could face new multi-billion dollar fine from EU for Android app bundling

Boyd Chan — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 08:10:01 +0000

The European Union is set to lay fresh charges of anti-competitive conduct against Google regarding its practice of Android app bundling, carrying a potential fine of up to $7.4 billion. Read more...

Qualcomm fined nearly a billion dollars in China, the highest ever in the country

Shreyas Gandhe — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 02:32:01 +0000

American chip-maker Qualcomm has been fined close to USD$1 billion in China for anti-trust violations in the country, making it the highest compensation from any company there. Read more...

Google probed for anti-competitive practices in India, could face $5 billion fine

Shreyas Gandhe — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:48:46 +0000

After complaints from an Indian website, the Competition Commision of India has started a probe against Google and if found guilty the search giant will have to cough up a massive $5 billion fine. Read more...

Linux group complains to EU, says Microsoft actions are "absolutely anti-competitive"

Andy Weir — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:22:39 +0000

A Linux community association has complained to the EU against Microsoft, claiming UEFI Secure Boot is an anti-competitive "obstruction mechanism" to booting other operating systems on Windows 8 PCs. Read more...

Windows RT browser concerns to be reviewed by Senate Committee

Andy Weir — Mon, 14 May 2012 06:36:35 +0000

Microsoft's rivals criticised its choice to confine non-IE web browsers to the Metro environment on Windows RT ARM-based devices - and now, a Senate antitrust committee plans to review their concerns. Read more...

Apple's Jobs sought no-poaching deal with Palm

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:28:22 +0000

Two weeks ago we reported that Apple and Google were being investigated for suspicion of anti-competitive hiring practices. The belief is that, in California where non-compete agreements are rarely, if ever enforced that Google and... Read more...