Google Urges UK Regulator to Act on Microsoft's Cloud Tactics
• Google calls on UK antitrust regulator to take action against Microsoft, claiming its practices disadvantage cloud rivals • Microsoft and Amazon dominate UK's public cloud infrastructure services market with 70-80% share • Google says Microsoft's licensing makes it economically unreasonable for customers not to choose Azure • Google argues Microsoft's practices directly harm customers and are the main barrier to competition • Google recommends Microsoft be forced to improve interoperability and ban withholding security updates from customers switching cloud providers