![]() Nextcloud’s case is reminiscent of Inc.’s Nextcloud said a coalition of companies is joining its effort. Nextcloud alleges Microsoft’s bundling of Teams and OneDrive into Windows 11 violates competition laws. This may be true in the U.S., but overseas Microsoft is the target of a complaint from Nextcloud, an open-source cloud-software company in Europe. “Due to reasons unrelated to the antitrust case, none of the predicted harms to consumers ever became a reality.” Microsoft’s market dominance and ability to use its business model to create barriers to entry and thwart competition was overestimated,” Ashley Baker, director of public policy at the Committee for Justice, told MarketWatch. “Microsoft provides a lot of lessons that are overlooked in today’s antitrust discussion. A federal appeals court affirmed most of the court’s judgments. The historic skirmish ended with a 1999 district court ruling that Microsoft’s actions constituted unlawful monopolization under Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. Historians may also be more inclined to accept Microsoft’s reasoning that the previous antitrust investigation opened the door for Google and Facebook to eventually emerge as strong competitors. Facebook’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp are antitrust targets, but its metaverse mergers may be the victims.Google enters 2022 battling antitrust actions on multiple fronts - with more likely to come.Possible Justice Department lawsuit looms over Apple, which is facing scrutiny worldwide.Amazon has mostly avoided antitrust scrutiny, but that may change in 2022.Big Tech heads for ‘a year of thousands of tiny tech papercuts,’ but what antitrust efforts could make them bleed?.More on the antitrust challenges facing Big Tech in 2022 Microsoft and its defenders attribute the white-glove treatment by regulators to the company abiding by the rules after its tussle with the Justice Department more than two decades ago. But over the past 18 months, the software behemoth has avoided the regulatory lawsuits and investigations that have ensnared the other Big Tech firms. Like its Big Tech brethren, Microsoft for years has expanded its business reach through acquisitions in advertising and videogames. Read more: Microsoft’s shadowy presence in antitrust push is angering the rest of Big Tech Translated for its rivals: Microsoft has overplayed the antitrust card to make up ground in key technology areas such as mobile and gaming, where Microsoft has lagged behind its rivals, but doesn’t seem too worried about being targeted itself. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We’re well positioned to put our technology to use, so we can do more than ever to help customers grow, succeed, and contribute to a better world.” We’ve learned what it means to change in a responsible and even proactive way. But we’ve been adapting to new legal obligations for almost two decades. We’re clearly entering an era of rapidly expanding global technology regulation. “While our mission to empower others remains constant, governments and countries today expect more and different things from us. “The world is changing, and Microsoft will change with it,” he wrote. Microsoft has made no specific public comments on legislation or lawsuits, since none of them are overtly aimed at the software giant, but Microsoft President Brad Smith - the point person in Microsoft’s blame-deflection strategy - acknowledged the unfolding regulatory climate in an internal company memo in June viewed by MarketWatch. ![]()
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Players who earned Dive trails during Series 1 or 2 will be excluded, however, and will keep those trails forever. ![]() Additionally, Dive trails will now be a reward for the following Series, and will expire at the end of that season (unless you manage to hit the same rank). And, if you achieve the same rank during both splits, you’ll be rewarded with exclusive animated badges. Ranked rewards are getting some minor changes and are now generated based on the highest rank you achieve on either split. It’ll be a highly contested rank that players will fight for throughout the season. But, reaching Apex Predator doesn’t mean players remain there indefinitely. Apex Predator still exists, but will now be reserved for the top 500 players on each platform. ![]() For example, the new Master Tier now replaces Apex Predator and is attained once you reach 10,000 RP. In addition to splitting the ranked season, adjustments have also been made to the competitive ladder. 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