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Notion gets thrown for a Loop

Years after Teams crushed Slack, Microsoft clones another popular productivity app. Should regulators intervene?

Casey Newton
Nov 17, 2023
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Today let’s talk about one of my favorite productivity companies and the challenge it now faces from a tech giant. It’s a story that speaks to the challenges of competing with software bundles in a world with only minimal antitrust enforcement — even when the challenger’s product is significantly better. 

Seven years ago this month, Slack was riding high…

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