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Might be an unpopular opinion but I don’t think they are acting to the level of MSFT in the 90s. It's far worse. Microsoft may have played dirty tricks with bu
by orangecat 6y ago
Might be an unpopular opinion but I don’t think they are acting to the level of MSFT in the 90s.
It's far worse. Microsoft may have played dirty tricks with bundling, but they never prevented developers from distributing competing software. If Microsoft had the control over Windows that Apple does over iOS, they never would have allowed web browsers (for "security", no doubt) and we might be in a Windows monoculture today.
- AlexandrB 6y agoBut Windows had 90%+ of the market. iOS does not.
- heavyset_go 6y ago> It's far worse. Microsoft may have played dirty tricks with bundling, but they never prevented developers from distributing competing software. In a way, they did. They made deals with OEMs to only ship PCs with Windows on them, and not, say, BeOS or Linux.