5 ms·
Imagine Microsoft doing this on Windows.
by belltaco 5y ago
Imagine Microsoft doing this on Windows.
- fnord123 5y agoThey planned to (or started putting the frog in the port with some lukewarm water) and got heavy push back from their partners. This is what precipitated Valve to make the Steam Machine. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18996377 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18996377
- pjmlp 5y agoWhich was a failure, because other than Valve and a couple of gamers, no one cares.
- MattRix 5y agoWorth noting that one of the people complaining loudest was Tim Sweeney, ex. https://venturebeat.com/2016/03/04/epics-tim-sweeney-questions-microsofts-commitment-to-an-open-windows-platform/ https://venturebeat.com/2016/03/04/epics-tim-sweeney-questio...
- cat199 5y agoor any web browser doing this for e-commerce..
- matwood 5y agoMS and Windows is simply not related to the Apple situation, unless MS decided to only allow Windows on its own hardware thus creating a closed ecosystem. The closest analogy to Apple is the game console industry. Even then it's a different scale. IMO, the App Store situation is an entirely new class of problem unlikely to be solved in this case. It doesn't easily fall under existing monopoly regulation, and does have some advantages for consumers along with disadvantages. Unfortunately, I think Apple is being short sighted here. By not addressing the most egregious issues (30% for example), they are setting themselves up to be regulated which will probably end up being worse for everyone. A sledgehammer will end being used where a scalpel was needed.
- jhgb 5y ago> unless MS decided to only allow Windows on its own hardware thus creating a closed ecosystem. I presume this was what the word "imagine" meant?