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Australia sues Microsoft over AI-linked subscription price hikes
Australia's competition regulator on Monday sued Microsoft, accusing it of misleading millions of customers into paying higher prices fo
Summary
After the integration of Copilot, the annual subscription price of the Microsoft 365 personal plan increased by 45% to A$159 ($103.32) and the price of the family plan increased by 29% to A$179, the ACCC said. The regulator said Microsoft failed to clearly tell users that a cheaper "classic" plan without Copilot was still available.
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- Gina Cass-Gottlieb
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- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission2
- Microsoft Corporation.Microsoft
- Microsoft Australia Pty Ltd
- Microsoft Australia
- Microsoft Corp.The
- Federal Court
- ABC News
- Reuters
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- Australia2
- United States
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- subscription2
- sues2
- deliberately
- watchdog
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