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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 presente
by 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 agoYes, 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 agoIt'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...