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To the extent the article gets anything wrong, it's the focus on just Microsoft. Microsoft is not some lone, bad actor here.
by thathndude 5y ago
To the extent the article gets anything wrong, it's the focus on just Microsoft. Microsoft is not some lone, bad actor here.
- soperj 5y agoWho cares? Start with the one they have evidence on and move on to the next one.
- jimbob45 5y agoYou say that but that’s basically what happened with US v. Microsoft and they never moved onto the next. Apple is doing far worse with Safari on iOS and the DOJ refuses to apply the same standard. This seems like reverse rule of “if you’re going to bring food, you have to bring enough for the whole class”.
- cjbgkagh 5y agoMicrosoft refused to pay lobbyist, now they do. AFAIK Apple never made that mistake.
- snowwrestler 5y agoNo, Apple has a tiny lobbying operation and does not do corporate PAC contributions at all. The real explanation is that Apple makes computers so they can legally control software however they want. When Microsoft got in trouble in the 1990s, they did not make computers, they were only a supplier. So they got in trouble for interfering with other suppliers. This is one reason Microsoft now makes and sells computers directly to consumers.
- nopenopenopeno 5y agoHow would that qualify as getting something wrong?