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Back in 2008 MS had a lawsuit punishment against them active. MS in 1997 or so was doing shenanigans like crash Explorer if you attempted to download Netscape
by speeder 5y ago
Back in 2008 MS had a lawsuit punishment against them active.
MS in 1997 or so was doing shenanigans like crash Explorer if you attempted to download Netscape (Firefox predecessor) they got sued by the EU and lost.
The lawsuit terms expired recently and Microsoft is doing exact same shit they got sued for the first time, I guess they are testing to see for how long they can get away with thsi shit before they get sued again.
- userbinator 5y agolike crash Explorer if you attempted to download Netscape Do you have a source for that? I remember them being sued and losing simply because they bundled the browser with the OS, but don't recall any sort of the "detect user attempting to use competing browsers and kill them" mentality that they now have.