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Microsoft faces £1 billion lawsuit in UK for allegedly overcharging rival cloud firms' customers
Microsoft was accused of unfairly overcharging customers of rival cloud companies including Amazon, Google and Alibaba Cloud in a U.K. lawsuit filed Tuesday.
"Put simply, Microsoft is punishing UK businesses and organisations for using Google, Amazon and Alibaba for cloud computing by forcing them to pay more money for Windows Server," Stasi, who is head of law and policy for digital rights advocacy group Article19, said in a statement shared with CNBC. She added the lawsuit "aims to challenge Microsoft's anti-competitive behavior, push them to reveal exactly how much businesses in the UK have been illegally penalized, and return the money to organizations that have been unfairly overcharged." The suit alleged that Microsoft's software licensing terms effectively lock businesses into its Azure platform and make it harder to switch — and thus exerting control over the cloud market.
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