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The Candy Crush thing happened two decades after the Microsoft antitrust case (the suit was filed in 1998 and settled in 2002). It's dumb, but it would be a st
by jonas21 6y ago
The Candy Crush thing happened two decades after the Microsoft antitrust case (the suit was filed in 1998 and settled in 2002). It's dumb, but it would be a stretch to argue that Microsoft would have done the same thing if they had been allowed to control what shipped with Windows for the previous 20 years.
Back in the day, if you bought Windows directly from Microsoft, you'd get a pretty clean OS without too much bloat. I guess there were things like Minesweeper and Solitaire -- but those were apparently added to help people become proficient at using a mouse back when this was novel.