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They did not however, prevent you from downloading and installing netscape like Apple is currently doing with iOS. They absolutely tried to, and were only stop
by quanticle 5y ago
They did not however, prevent you from downloading and installing netscape like Apple is currently doing with iOS.
They absolutely tried to, and were only stopped because the Justice Department told them that bundling IE with Windows was an illegal use of monopoly power. It's interesting that Nadella gives Microsoft credit for that and not Attorney General Janet Reno, under whose authority the Justice Department pursued the anti-trust case against Microsoft that led to browser bundling being declared anticompetitive.
- tootie 5y agoBundling isn't the same thing. They proactively pushed IE on Windows users which was deemed anticompetitive, but they never prevented you from using Netscape or Firefox. And the only reason that decision was made then and is not applicable to iOS now is that Windows overall was so dominant as a desktop OS that it effectively owned the market. Apple can say that users who don't like Safari can just go buy an Android.
- babypuncher 5y agoYour memory might be faulty. They got in trouble for bundling Internet Explorer with Windows, but at no point did they ever make any attempt to make it so you could not install an alternative browser.