>The non-aggression pact, signed five years ago, let the two companies set aside their numerous lawsuits. It also created a process by which they could resolve conflicts behind closed doors, requiring Microsoft and Google to follow that process before asking regulators to step in. During this time, the two companies have tussled over a number of issues, including whether search engines should pay news publishers.
Why are things like this legal?
Why are billion dollar companies that, between the two, control huge amounts of all markets related to computers and the internet allowed to make backdoor deals that avoid regulators and essentially is them arguing over which piece of the entire domain of computing belongs to them with no oversight?