Of course, in MS’s case the backtracking happened primarily because after years of court battle and endless millions of dollars they were told they’re very much

Of course, in MS’s case the backtracking happened primarily because after years of court battle and endless millions of dollars they were told they’re very much not allowed to deeply integrate the browser to the OS. There never was any technical or usability merit in marrying the two Explorers, it was 100% Microsoft’s attempt to own the web.