Re:Microsoft begins showing an anti-Firefox ad in the Window...
by mr_overalls on Monday February 10, 2020 @09:58AM
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Google is free - ads are expected. Microsoft is a paid product. Completely different situations.
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Re:Microsoft begins showing an anti-Firefox ad in the Window...
by kd913 on Monday February 10, 2020 @10:11AM
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I disagree that it's completely different situations. I have not seen anywhere in the legal structure that allows such moves if advertisements are enabled. It is still a company abusing their monopoly situation to influence another market.
In fact Google did it worse by blocking browsers purely by user-agent to key google services like maps to block the entry or Fire devices or windows phone devices.
Both cases aren't acceptible and both should be punished imho.
Re:Microsoft begins showing an anti-Firefox ad in the Window...
by jevgeni on Monday February 10, 2020 @11:01AM
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It is not, because they are not a monopoly.