I think the point of having an Internet browser preinstalled when you bought a computer had some merits. I can't think of many consumer computing devices that d

I think the point of having an Internet browser preinstalled when you bought a computer had some merits. I can't think of many consumer computing devices that don't come with a pre installed browser these days. In retrospect the whole DoJ trial seems rather quaint to be honest. Plus it wasn't as if you couldn't install Netscape and decide through personal choice to use that over IE. Compare that with iOS where not only does it come with Safari pre installed, but if you install any other browser it HAS to run WebKit and cannot provide functionality Apple doesn't allow. Objectively that seems to be a lot more protectionist and subject to anti-trust laws than anything Microsoft ever did.