4 ms·

If the government didn't step in microsoft might still have 90% of the browser market. I think its time they came in and forced google to not push chrome in and

If the government didn't step in microsoft might still have 90% of the browser market. I think its time they came in and forced google to not push chrome in android.

anth_anm 8y ago
Google pays their bribes. Microsoft didn't.
- s3r3nity 8y ago
  I was going to down-vote this, but then did some research into how much Alphabet and Microsoft spend on lobbying. In 2018: Google spent $21.7M, all in the "Internet" industry. Microsoft spent ~$9.5M, and only $70k of that in "Internet." The rest went to "Electronics Mfg and Equipment." Sources: https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000067823 https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D00006782... https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000115 https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D00000011...
  - anth_anm 8y ago
    Compare it to what microsoft spent before their anti-trust lawsuits.
10-6 8y ago
Not true: https://stratechery.com/2019/where-warrens-wrong/ https://stratechery.com/2019/where-warrens-wrong/
- reallydude 8y ago
  Yes true. The strongarming tactics of MS aren't referenced. While it brings up some interesting points, the entirety paints the common revisionist view that MS was crushed by Google on search alone, with no other mitigating factors. A fairy tale of sorts. Google would not have risen to anything if MS continued with it's anti-competitive and anti-trust practices that was the goto MS strategy for competition into the early 2000. It was baked into the MS culture. and common knowledge, maligned on message boards long after it had ceased. Under enacted US justice dept scrutiny, MS was forced to compete more fairly with superior talent and lower margins (aww no more predatory acquisitions). With a giant, inflexible infrastructure and rigid payscales, it was a slow imminent decline.

4 ms·

If the government didn't step in microsoft might still have 90% of the browser market. I think its time they came in and forced google to not push chrome in and

by samfisher83 8y ago

If the government didn't step in microsoft might still have 90% of the browser market. I think its time they came in and forced google to not push chrome in android.

anth_anm 8y ago
Google pays their bribes. Microsoft didn't.
- s3r3nity 8y ago
  I was going to down-vote this, but then did some research into how much Alphabet and Microsoft spend on lobbying. In 2018: Google spent $21.7M, all in the "Internet" industry. Microsoft spent ~$9.5M, and only $70k of that in "Internet." The rest went to "Electronics Mfg and Equipment." Sources: https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000067823 https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D00006782... https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000115 https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D00000011...
  - anth_anm 8y ago
    Compare it to what microsoft spent before their anti-trust lawsuits.
10-6 8y ago
Not true: https://stratechery.com/2019/where-warrens-wrong/ https://stratechery.com/2019/where-warrens-wrong/
- reallydude 8y ago
  Yes true. The strongarming tactics of MS aren't referenced. While it brings up some interesting points, the entirety paints the common revisionist view that MS was crushed by Google on search alone, with no other mitigating factors. A fairy tale of sorts. Google would not have risen to anything if MS continued with it's anti-competitive and anti-trust practices that was the goto MS strategy for competition into the early 2000. It was baked into the MS culture. and common knowledge, maligned on message boards long after it had ceased. Under enacted US justice dept scrutiny, MS was forced to compete more fairly with superior talent and lower margins (aww no more predatory acquisitions). With a giant, inflexible infrastructure and rigid payscales, it was a slow imminent decline.