Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint
by techpression on Monday February 22, 2021 @07:12AM
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Not at all, the N spring from the anti competitive ruling in EU courts (2004 with associated fines) saying that MS couldn’t bundle WMP with a near-monopoly on the market.
The condition was that MS was allowed to sell it with WMP as long as they offered a version without it (that’s Windows N). This has been the case since Windows XP N.
Windows 10 comes with Skype pre-installed.
I’m starting to think you’re merely guessing instead of actually having used Windows 10, because nothing you’ve said so far has checked out with actual installations.
You can just go to the Microsoft store and you’ll see “Windows 10” and “Windows 10 N”, which should be sufficient enough to prove that not all Windows 10 are N editions.
Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint
by kuschku on Monday February 22, 2021 @07:53AM
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I've got Windows 10 here, german EDU edition, and no Skype or WMP is preinstalled. Groove is preinstalled, but can't play anything at all without installing separate codecs.
Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint
by techpression on Monday February 22, 2021 @09:31AM
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Ok so that explains a lot, and has nothing to do with Windows 10 as a whole (which has a separate N edition as every Windows since XP).
This provides the same situation as with Windows N: No Bundle pricing, no Microsoft programs having any special access.