Re:Viral 'I'm not a cat' filter is decades-old software
by AnthonyMouse on Thursday February 11, 2021 @02:49AM
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> As an aside, Microsoft fought in court to force OEMs to not install this crap alongside Windows (reasonably since it was damaging their brand and making the machines less secure), but they lost. Another reason why the macOS model is better for users. OS companies should make their own hardware.
You're thinking of this backwards. The problem isn't too much antitrust enforcement, it's not enough.
If all the major OEMs are bundling crapware then it's a cartel and installing the crapware is anti-competitive tying (or is the cartel shaking down the crapware vendors for money to include theirs instead of encouraging the user to choose a competitor), so go enforce antitrust against the OEMs too.
If not all of them do it then the ones who do get panned in reviews and lose business, reducing the incentive to do it.
You're thinking of this backwards. The problem isn't too much antitrust enforcement, it's not enough.
If all the major OEMs are bundling crapware then it's a cartel and installing the crapware is anti-competitive tying (or is the cartel shaking down the crapware vendors for money to include theirs instead of encouraging the user to choose a competitor), so go enforce antitrust against the OEMs too.
If not all of them do it then the ones who do get panned in reviews and lose business, reducing the incentive to do it.