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No, they did not do "this very thing." They bundled Internet Explorer with Windows, and yes, they did some dirty tricks to try to keep users on IE rather than
by neogodless 4y ago
No, they did not do "this very thing."
They bundled Internet Explorer with Windows, and yes, they did some dirty tricks to try to keep users on IE rather than use alternate browsers. But "other browser engines are forbidden on the phone or tablet" was not something they did.
They still are not "doing the same thing" as that.
Then again, I'm not in your imagination.
- AussieWog93 4y ago>Then again, I'm not in your imagination. Something something don't be snarky something something HN rules.
- batty_alex 4y ago> They bundled Internet Explorer with Windows Yeah... this wasn't what actually got them in trouble and is a gross oversimplification. They were actively working against Netscape by making other browsers *not work* on the OS. It also wasn't standards-compliant and had all sorts of proprietary tech (VBScript, JScript, OCX, and MSHTML) that would only work with their browser