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Notably this desire -- to own a platform by making "native" code for your proprietary OS the "preferred" way to interact with the world -- was exactly the logic

by ajross 2y ago

Notably this desire -- to own a platform by making "native" code for your proprietary OS the "preferred" way to interact with the world -- was exactly the logic behind MS's "embrace and extend" nonsense in the 90's. It still feels weird to me that people don't react the same way when Apple does it.

nerdix 2y ago
They don't. Apple gets away with stuff today that would have made Bill Gates blush in 1998. Imagine if Microsoft was able to just ban any competing browser from running on Windows. We wouldn't be here debating if Chrome is the new IE. IE would be the same old IE (and the web would be a lot worse off today).
- throwaway2037 2y ago
  > Apple gets away with stuff today that would have made Bill Gates blush in 1998. Can you provide some examples?