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A comment on Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler. Parent comment

Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by depressedpanda on Sunday January 10, 2021 @07:38AM (#25714112)
> Imagine if MS could do this back in the 90s on Windows, would that have been acceptable?

It was not acceptable and they were forced to display a browser selection pop-up, on a OS that already freely allowed users to install whatever browser they wished.

Contrast this with Apple's iOS, where they somehow get away with not allowing any other browser engine than Safari's Webkit.

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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by disgruntledphd2 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @12:43PM (#25717179)
> It was not acceptable and they were forced to display a browser selection pop-up, on a OS that already freely allowed users to install whatever browser they wished.

In Europe. I once tried to uninstall IE in 2005, and it was a complete comedy of errors that lead to me re-installing Windows.

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