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The meme that MS lost the case about bundling IE with Windows is about as false and pervasive as “cable TV was once ad free”. MS won the case on appeal and abs
by scarface74 4y ago
The meme that MS lost the case about bundling IE with Windows is about as false and pervasive as “cable TV was once ad free”.
MS won the case on appeal and absolutely nothing changed in the US. Even the cited Wikipedia article says as much. There was never a time since IE was bundled with Windows that IE didn’t come with Windows in the US. There was also no browser choice mandate in the US.
- IshKebab 4y agoNot only that but barely anything changed in Europe either. They were required to show a browser choice screen... for 4 years. Only a tiny fraction of the population will have ever seen it.
- AshamedCaptain 4y agoAnd due to a myriad "temporary technical reasons" most users in Europe were never shown that screen at all.
- Dracophoenix 4y agoI wouldn't say nothing. Europe and Korea respectively have, "N" and "KN"versions of Windows from XP onwards that unbundled Windows Media Player and other preinstalled apps.