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1. Matrix.org (matrix@mastodon.matrix.org)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jul-2020 10:00:12 EDT Matrix.org

   RT @SlackHQ@twitter.com

   Today we announced that we filed an EU competition complaint against Microsoft. But this is much bigger than Slack v. Microsoft – it’s really about two very different philosophies for the future of digital ecosystems – gateways versus gatekeepers. https://bit.ly/3eQy3VR

   🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/SlackHQ/status/1285927904447275010

   1. Matrix.org (matrix@mastodon.matrix.org)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jul-2020 10:00:13 EDT Matrix.org

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      Interesting news. An excellent way for Microsoft to fend off accusations of anti-competition would be to embrace open standards like Matrix for interoperability, showing they're not trying to vendor-lock their users. Slack could also benefit from this ;)

      1. Hex (hexmasteen@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jul-2020 11:37:19 EDT Hex

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         @matrix Doctorow was arguing for forced interoperability (regarding antitrust) for a while. e.g. here: https://www.economist.com/open-future/2019/06/06/regulating-big-tech-makes-them-stronger-so-they-need-competition-instead