Neowin News Feed for: Anticompetitive

Major lawsuit claims Microsoft overcharged for Windows Server on rival cloud platforms

Usama Jawad — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:00:01 +0000

Microsoft hit with $2.8 billion UK lawsuit over alleged Windows Server cloud overpricing, as 60,000 firms claim unfair costs favor Azure. Read more...

Opera files complaint against Microsoft for manipulating customers into using Edge

Usama Jawad — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 20:58:01 +0000

Opera has filed a complaint against Microsoft Edge, claiming that the Redmond firm uses deceptive tactics to get customers to use its browser. Read more...

Google asks court to completely dismiss US DOJ's antitrust lawsuit against its ad operations

Karthik Mudaliar — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 08:10:01 +0000

Google is asking a federal court in Virginia to dismiss a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit that accuses Google of anticompetitive practices in the online advertising marketplace. Read more...

FTC sues Amazon over alleged unlawful, anticompetitive conduct to maintain its monopoly

Anushe Fawaz — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 18:16:01 +0000

The FTC has declared war once again on Amazon claiming that the company is allegedly engaging in anticompetitive tactics and unlawful conduct that protect its monopoly in the industry. Read more...

EU fines Intel $400 million for blocking AMD's market access through payments to PC makers

Omer Dursun — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:18:01 +0000

The European Commission has fined Intel €376 million for paying PC manufacturers to limit or delay products using AMD CPUs. Intel's restrictions included payments to HP, Acer and Lenovo. Read more...

Google goes to court today with the US DOJ in a major anti-monopoly trial over search deals

John Callaham — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 13:28:01 +0000

Google will face the US Department of Justice today in court. The DOJ claims Google made anti-competitive deals with mobile phone makers and web browsers to make Google search their default. Google Read more...

Google files a complaint against Microsoft for using anti-competitive cloud practices

Mehrotra A — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 19:46:01 +0000

In a formal complaint to the FTC, Google has accused Microsoft of using its position in the enterprise market to push licensing terms in its software to lock customers into its Azure cloud business. Read more...

Google promises to make major changes to Android in India

Usama Jawad — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 17:26:02 +0000

Google has agreed to make major changes to how it conducts business with partners and phone-makers in India. There are also some significant changes planned for the operating system as a whole. 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...

Microsoft's acquisition of Activision: UK regulator cites concerns, wants a detailed probe

Usama Jawad — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 13:00:01 +0000

UK's regulator isn't giving Microsoft a free pass in its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. It has stated that the deal is anti-competitive in nature and wants a more detailed probe. Read more...

UK's CMA provisionally clears NortonLifeLock's acquisition of Avast

Paul Hill — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 11:56:01 +0000

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally given the go ahead of the acquisition of Avast by NortonLifeLock. It said the merger won't give the firm a monopoly position. Read more...

Meta slams FTC for blocking its acquisition of Within

Usama Jawad — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 06:42:02 +0000

Meta has responded to the FTC's lawsuit against its acquisition of VR fitness studio Within in strong words, saying that the regulator's claims are based on speculation and ideology, not evidence. Read more...

Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard is now being probed in the UK

Usama Jawad — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 14:18:01 +0000

A UK regulator has begun its investigation of Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard to determine its potential impacts. The deal is already being probed in the U.S. too. 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...

UK antitrust regulators continue to block Meta's $400 million Giphy acquisition

Usama Jawad — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 22:50:01 +0000

The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal has dealt a heavy blow to Meta in its $400 million acquisition of Giphy, ruling that other regulators were correct to raise their antitrust concerns. Read more...

Apple retaliates against UK regulator complaining about its walled garden approach

Usama Jawad — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 17:04:01 +0000

Apple has published a 47-page retaliation against the UK Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) complaining about its walled garden approach when it comes to the iPhone, App Store, and WebKit. Read more...

Intel wins major battle as court overturns $1.2 billion fine for anticompetitive practices

Usama Jawad — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 07:12:01 +0000

Intel has seen a major victory in court as a 2009 European Commission ruling and a $1.2 billion fine against it for anticompetitive behavior and practices to stifle AMD has been overturned. Read more...

'Sold by Amazon' to be shuttered for good as it was anti-competitive and violated antitrust laws

Alap Naik Desai — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 22:54:02 +0000

Amazon will have to shut down the Sold by Amazon program for good because Washington state's attorney general found it was anticompetitive and violated antitrust laws. It ran from 2018 to 2020. Read more...

Dating apps should be allowed third-party non-Apple payment systems, rules Dutch regulator

Alap Naik Desai — Sat, 25 Dec 2021 00:38:01 +0000

The Dutch regulator observed that Apple broke competition laws, and after receiving a complaint from Match Group, has ruled that app developers must be allowed to deploy non-Apple payment systems. Read more...

BlueMail's antitrust lawsuit against Apple is thrown out of the court for the third time

Usama Jawad — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 05:54:01 +0000

BlueMail developer Blix has frequently alleged that Apple unfairly suppresses the competition and has stolen its patented IP. However, its antitrust lawsuit has been thrown out of court yet again. 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...

EU regulators ready to file antitrust lawsuit against Google

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 08:24:01 +0000

After years of investigation, European Union regulators are preparing to file a formal lawsuit against the search giant for anticompetitive practices and abuse of its dominant position in the market. Read more...