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So you agree that Microsoft was fine to put IE as the default browser I guess. I see the same rationale, and I'd be OK as long as we give companies the same fai
by dewiz 10y ago
So you agree that Microsoft was fine to put IE as the default browser I guess. I see the same rationale, and I'd be OK as long as we give companies the same fair treatment.
- thecopy 10y agoOf course. Private companies are not property of the state.
- thesehands 10y agoThe difference with IE was that users were at a disadvantage to install alternative browsers over slow connections. Access to Google is exactly the same as access to Bing from the address bar.
- blub 10y agoOh, you type www.google.com in your address bar and press enter? I thought you just used the default Google search from the search bar, just like everybody else.
- thesehands 10y agoI do use the search bar in Safari, and have it set to Google, but honestly I can't remember if I was prompted to set the default.
- deanCommie 10y agoEh, it seems like eligibility for a "monopoly" has shifted in the last 2 decades. Otherwise people would be getting way more bent out of shape for the decisions that both Google and Apple have done on their respective platforms
- drdaeman 10y agoThere is a vendor out there who not just put a default browser on their OS, but forbid browsers that aren't just shells for their default browser's rendering engine. And last time I checked nearly everyone was like "oh, that's their system, they can do whatever they want with it". Why would it be any different for a weaker case like this?
- selectiveshift 10y agoThat is because they aren't a monopoly (40% US market share for phones).
- FT_intern 10y agoSwitching search engines in 2016 is much easier than switching browsers in 1998.
- raldi 10y agoThe difference is that switching away from Windows in the 1990s was effectively impossible for any established business. Switching your default search engine takes ten seconds.