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minus-squareDocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·1 year agoMicrosoft really needs an antitrust smackdown with their repeated behavior.
minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·1 year agoThat didn’t work in the 90s.
minus-squarehoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoOr in: 2000 2002 2003 2005 2008 2011 (2022) Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_litigation
minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoKuduos to you doing your HW. :)
minus-squareDocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoIn retrospect, DoJ didn’t go far enough back then and ignored Microsoft’s anti-competitive behavior with BeOS.
minus-squarechaogomu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoPart of it was Reagan massively weakened antitrust law after Ma Bell was broken up.
minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThis is why we can’t have good things.
minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoLooking at the lobbying with the MS-Activision mess, and how broken the government here is. I’m sure they would of gave in.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWhich sucked because BeOS was really good for its time.
minus-squarePHLAK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoSo does Google though if we’re being honest.
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMicrosoft saying “stop using Google” is actually totally fine with me. But only if they’re saying “go get Firefox.”
minus-squareThe_Mixer_Dude@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoShouldn’t Apple be the focus of efforts?
minus-squareHughJanus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoWhy not both? I think in reality the Chrome web browser is a huge threat to Internet freedom and should be a top priority.
Microsoft really needs an antitrust smackdown with their repeated behavior.
Yes they do!
That didn’t work in the 90s.
Or in:
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_litigation
Kuduos to you doing your HW. :)
In retrospect, DoJ didn’t go far enough back then and ignored Microsoft’s anti-competitive behavior with BeOS.
Part of it was Reagan massively weakened antitrust law after Ma Bell was broken up.
This is why we can’t have good things.
Looking at the lobbying with the MS-Activision mess, and how broken the government here is. I’m sure they would of gave in.
Which sucked because BeOS was really good for its time.
So does Google though if we’re being honest.
Microsoft saying “stop using Google” is actually totally fine with me.
But only if they’re saying “go get Firefox.”
Shouldn’t Apple be the focus of efforts?
Why not both?
I think in reality the Chrome web browser is a huge threat to Internet freedom and should be a top priority.