Amazon and Alphabet, Google's parent company, criticized Microsoft's cloud computing changes on August 30, saying they limit competition and discourage customers from switching to rival cloud service providers, according to Reuters.
The US software giant announced on August 29 that it would license amended and other changes that would take effect on October 1. These changes will make it easier for cloud service providers to compete. Amazon, Google, Alibaba and Microsoft's own cloud services will be excluded from the transactions.
Microsoft's move comes after smaller European competitors were outraged by their cloud services to EU antitrust regulators.
Accordingly, Amazon, the leading cloud service provider, later Microsoft and Google, has been harsh in its criticism.
" Microsoft is now doubling similar harmful behaviors by implementing more restrictions in an unfair effort to limit the competition they face - rather than listening to customers and restoring fair software licensing on cloud services to everyone," said a spokesperson for the cloud service organization AWS in an email.
Marcus Jadotte, vice president of government and policy affairs at Google Cloud, also agreed.
"The promise of cloud services is flexible, flexible computing without having to sign a contract. Customers can move freely across platforms and choose the most suitable technology for them, rather than what is most suitable for Microsoft, said Mr. Jadotte.
