[mrkurt]

The purpose of antitrust laws is to limit how much damage powerful companies can do.

So yes, if we had functional antitrust laws in the US, Microsoft may not be allowed to do certain things. Like bundle a Slack competitor with an existing product.

The universe where this should happen is one where we recognize that a healthy capitalistic society is good, and putting constraints on concentrated power helps keep things healthy.

The real question behind all this is: are we as a society better or worse off now that Salesforce owns Slack?