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You are comparing Microsoft from the 90’s to Apple today, which is absolutely preposterous. That Microsoft makes Facebook look like Habitat for Humanity. You ca
by codehalo 5y ago
You are comparing Microsoft from the 90’s to Apple today, which is absolutely preposterous. That Microsoft makes Facebook look like Habitat for Humanity. You cannot be serious.
- lukifer 5y agoThe comparison to 90's Microsoft is today's Apple is a tenuous one at best, but IMO not a specious one. While it's easy to forget how oppressive MS's 90%+ market share felt at the time, and the impact of their "Embrace Extend Extinguish" strategy, neither did Microsoft ever exert the same degree of control over their software ecosystem as Apple does over third-party software in iOS (30% of all revenue, unilateral gatekeeping privileges, etc).