Re:The App Store is a monopoly: Here's why the EU is correct...
by mathieuh on Friday July 31, 2020 @04:53PM
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Microsoft didn't force people to buy Windows, "all" they did was install IE by default and they got done for that. Precedent disagrees with you.
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Re:The App Store is a monopoly: Here's why the EU is correct...
by scarface74 on Friday July 31, 2020 @05:20PM
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Microsoft had 90%+ marketshare in PCs. Apple has less than 15%.
How did that whole government intervention thing work out with respect to Microsoft? 20 years later they still have the same dominance in operating systems and productivity apps. No one cares about browser dominance except for Google.
Re:The App Store is a monopoly: Here's why the EU is correct...
by wvenable on Friday July 31, 2020 @07:43PM
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> Microsoft didn't force people to buy Windows
Most people don't by Window's in a store, it's pre-installed on PCs and Microsoft did, in fact, force computer companies to buy Windows licenses for every PC regardless of what OS it came with and they threatened to pull their licensing entirely for any company that didn't abide.
Ironically, this is not what got them into trouble.
Re:The App Store is a monopoly: Here's why the EU is correct...
by closetohome on Friday July 31, 2020 @07:36PM
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Actually what they were prosecuted for was mainly threatening to blacklist Compaq from buying OEM licenses. Thus they not only had a monopoly (with 90%+ of desktops at the time), but used that monopoly position to coerce another company, engaging in anticompetitive behavior.