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Microsoft was the same, and still they were humbled into opening the space for others (with the browser-choosing screen at first boot). If people are noisy enou
by toyg 3y ago
Microsoft was the same, and still they were humbled into opening the space for others (with the browser-choosing screen at first boot). If people are noisy enough, lawmakers can be distracted from their payola.
- varispeed 3y agoThat was in 2001. It wouldn't happen today - see Apple and their walled garden.
- toyg 3y agoAntitrust authorities in both US and EU are literally fighting these monopolies right now, with huge fines and increasingly vicious inquiries. Don't be defeatist.
- varispeed 3y agoThese "fines" are just cost of doing business. It makes no difference. We need deep changes in the regulation and breaking up of those companies that are "too big to fail" and have too much power.