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The Internet Explorer lawsuit was also 20 years ago

• wccrawford 2y ago
  And other companies have gotten away with bundling a lot of stuff since then. I could see why they think maybe the same ruling wouldn't happen today.
  • rekoil 2y ago
    There was no framework for fining them, each case would have to be handled separately, now there is such a framework in the DMA and DSA, which greatly simplifies the regulators jobs. I suspect that many other players are about to see such charges against them.
• red_trumpet 2y ago
  You sure? From the article: > In 2009 Microsoft was also forced to implement a browser ballot box in its Windows operating system to ensure users were presented with a choice of web browsers, after years of Microsoft bunding Internet Explorer with Windows. Microsoft was then fined $730 million in 2013 for failing to include the browser ballot in Windows 7 SP1. That is 15 years at most, and 11 years for the most recent incident.
  • LordKeren 2y ago
    Yes, the lawsuit closed in 2001 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_C....
    • _xivi 2y ago
      It's true that the US lawsuit was in 2001, but the EU antitrust fine (the discussion subject here) for failing to comply with offering a browsers ballot screen was in 2013[1], merely 11 years ago. Roughly the same crew still running the show, it didn't slip through their mind, just the $732 million fine wasn't enough to deter them from doing it again [1]- https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/technology/eu-fines-microsoft-over-browser.html https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/technology/eu-fines-micro...