Microsoft put on the naughty step by Aussie regulator

Microsoft has been at it again. The Competition & Consumer Commission in Australia has started a legal process against the Redmond giant for apparently misleading users of the policies for its Microsoft 365 bundle.

- JAMES HEIN

Microsoft advised users with a Personal and Family plan that “to maintain their subscription they must accept the integration of Copilot and pay higher prices for their plan, or, alternatively, cancel their subscription”. According to the ACCC, there was a third undisclosed option that “allowed subscribers to retain the features of their existing plan, without Copilot, at the previous lower price”. Microsoft is desperately trying to get Copilot on as many computers as they can to increase their control over the market. Government organisations are adopting Copilot without understanding the potential security risks inherent in that decision. It will