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> Nothing was really gained by victory Windows users have a prompt to choose their browser after installing the OS.

• RugnirViking 4mo ago
  and you might think this is a small or pointless win, but the whole point of this is that because users have this choice, microsoft is forced to make internet explorer actually good so that people willingly choose it instead of abusing it to make life harder and worse for everyone else while making things easier for themselves. Hence internet explorer was killed and we got edge
  • physicalecon 4mo ago
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  • frollogaston 4mo ago
    EU is not the reason we got Edge, it's just that IE was thoroughly beaten by Chrome. So they made Chrome 2.
    • RugnirViking 4mo ago
      You don't think that Microsoft being forced to present a screen where the user selects a browser among several options contributed to that outcome in any way?