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Re:U.S. Supreme Court to hear Apple App Store antitrust dispute by meepmorp on Sunday November 25, 2018 @03:07PM (#18528724)
Microsoft had a monopoly on the desktop OS market, and so pushing IE was anti-competitive. Apple isn’t anywhere near having a monopoly in phones, in the US or anywhere else.

It’s not just the behavior that’s against the law, it’s the behavior plus the market position.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court to hear Apple App Store antitrust dispute by MBCook on Sunday November 25, 2018 @05:10PM (#18529388)
Plus at the time Netscape sold for $$$. MS basically dumped & devalued their market to $0.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court to hear Apple App Store antitrust dispute by belltaco on Sunday November 25, 2018 @06:31PM (#18529778)
And thus set off the internet revolution without a $$$ barrier to entry.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court to hear Apple App Store antitrust dispute by MBCook on Sunday November 25, 2018 @07:11PM (#18529958)
Other than the $2000 computer + ISP.

I wasn’t making a judgement on the move, simply pointing out ‘undercut your competitor until they’re broke’ strategy is a classic the government goes after. It wasn’t just that MS had a higher market share.

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