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In the 1990s Microsoft was heavily criticized, and litigated against, for the deep integration of internet explorer with windows, and their monopoly on operatin
by kennywinker 4y ago
In the 1990s Microsoft was heavily criticized, and litigated against, for the deep integration of internet explorer with windows, and their monopoly on operating systems and web browsing. Stunning to think that people are willingly installing chrome the browsers, and chrome the os in 2022.
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- LoveMortuus 4y agoIt is actually possible to install non-chrome browsers on ChromeOS either through the App store or just via the console. But I totally understand your point and the options I've listed aren't either user friendly or straight up require you to be able to use a console.
- kennywinker 4y agoIt was always possible to install netscape navigator over top of windows. The crux of the issue was that it was "unreasonably difficult".
- scarface74 4y agoIt was never difficult to install Navigator on Windows. You downloaded it from the internet and installed it.
- shadowgovt 4y agoAs history has unfolded, it seems to have become increasingly clear that the antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft in the 90s was ill-conceived. At the very least, it doesn't appear to have been based upon any underlying philosophy of monopoly that shows any consistency, for the very reasons you've indicated.
- kennywinker 4y agoI mean that case was in 1998. Less than three years later bush jr was in power, and we haven’t seen significant antitrust since. It’s not for lack of there being a philosophy where that case makes sense - but it is for lack of cross-administration will to enact this kind of antitrust - and a lack of good object-permanence in the minds of the public. We forgot, the legislators and legal system forgot. Everybody forgot.