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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