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Microsoft had a monopoly on the desktop OS market, and so pushing IE was anti-competitive. Apple isn’t anywhere near having a monopoly in phones, in the US or a
by meepmorp 8y ago
Microsoft had a monopoly on the desktop OS market, and so pushing IE was anti-competitive. Apple isn’t anywhere near having a monopoly in phones, in the US or anywhere else.
It’s not just the behavior that’s against the law, it’s the behavior plus the market position.
- MBCook 8y agoPlus at the time Netscape sold for $$$. MS basically dumped & devalued their market to $0.
- belltaco 8y agoAnd thus set off the internet revolution without a $$$ barrier to entry.
- MBCook 8y agoOther than the $2000 computer + ISP. I wasn’t making a judgement on the move, simply pointing out ‘undercut your competitor until they’re broke’ strategy is a classic the government goes after. It wasn’t just that MS had a higher market share.