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Re:Microsoft calls for a closer look at app stores by macspoofing on Friday June 19, 2020 @11:23AM (#23575391)
At no point in Microsoft's history did they have the same sort of chokehold on Windows as Apple has on the iPhone.
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Re:Microsoft calls for a closer look at app stores by thosewhoteach on Friday June 19, 2020 @01:09PM (#23576515)
You mean outside of that time when they crippled your Windows 7 with perma-nagware so you didn't have any option but to upgrade to Windows 10?

https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Against-Windows-10-Microsoft-...

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Re:Microsoft calls for a closer look at app stores by macspoofing on Monday June 22, 2020 @08:46AM (#23599548)
Nagware, though annoying, is not in the same universe as the control that Apple has over the iOS ecosystem. To further reinforce the point, you do realize that Apple with nag you endlessly to upgrade your OS (on iPhone and Mac).
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Re:Microsoft calls for a closer look at app stores by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Friday June 19, 2020 @11:30AM (#23575439)
But they once bundled an Internet browser with Windows! /s
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