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Re:Windows update resets your default programs so they can s... by anaganisk on Friday September 04, 2020 @07:26AM (#24373966)
This is definitely not the right way to do it, but this is one of the very few ways to bring down Google's monopoly, in browser or search market share. Keeping aside privacy issues, as and more data users feed to Bing, more powerful it can become.
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Re:Windows update resets your default programs so they can s... by capableweb on Friday September 04, 2020 @08:01AM (#24374149)
Abusing your market position to bring down another entity is not the way. If Google is truly holding a monopoly, the lawmakers/enforcers need to fix this instead.
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Re:Windows update resets your default programs so they can s... by jdbernard on Friday September 04, 2020 @09:22AM (#24374686)
Microsoft basically gave up on "bringing down Google's monopoly" when they switched to using Google's browser as the foundation for their product, at least in the browser market.
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