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I'm surprised no one has brought up United States v. Microsoft yet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

I'm surprised no one has brought up United States v. Microsoft yet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor.... They were successfully sued for favoring their browser over others, and faced being broken up. Though their actions now are not as egregious as those actions 25 years ago, it's obvious that no lesson has been learned.

zeusk 3y ago
They did learn a lesson; from Google and Apple.
charcircuit 3y ago
Microsoft successfully appealed it.
perihelions 3y ago
- "their actions now are not as egregious as those actions 25 years ago" Which part of the other case do you view as more egregious? They seem similar to me.
dns_snek 3y ago
> Though their actions now are not as egregious as those actions 25 years ago How so? They still bundle a browser, but now they go a step further and actively ignore user-selected preferences for the default browser.
yard2010 3y ago
> On June 28, 2001, the Circuit Court overturned Judge Jackson's rulings against Microsoft. This was partly because Jackson had improperly discussed the case with the news media while it was still in progress, violating the Code of Conduct for American judges.[24] The Circuit Court judges accused Jackson of unethical conduct and determined that he should have recused himself from the case. Lol.