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Ask HN: How is Apple's bundling different than what MS in trouble for with IE?
I'm referring to the bundling of their maps, mail and other apps on IOS.
See link for additional detail on similarity with Microsoft:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp.
- oregondan 12y agoI've had this thought for a long time, as someone who used to use exclusively PCs, and now lives in an Apple-centric household. I'm no lawyer, but the only reason I can think of why Apple hasn't been sued for this is their market penetration: With ~91%--92.5% of all desktops using some version of Windows (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems#Desktop_and_laptop_computers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_system...), any small changes made to the default software bundle could affect billions of people. Apple's market penetration, on the other hand, is a little over 7% (in the PC space). I feel like it's only a matter of time before Apple has to confront the reality of anti-trust legislation in the US and EU, which could be very detrimental to their vertical integration, their restrictions against running OS X on any non-Apple machine, bundling of apps, as you say, and more.