> 18. Second, Microsoft unlawfully required PC manufacturers, as a condition of obtaining licenses for the Windows 95 operating system, to agree to license, preinstall, and distribute Internet Explorer on every Windows PC such manufacturers shipped. By virtue of the monopoly position Windows enjoys, it was a commercial necessity for OEMs to preinstall Windows 95 -- and, as a result of Microsoft's illegal tie-in, Internet Explorer -- on virtually all of the PCs they sold. Microsoft thereby unlawfully tied its Internet Explorer software to the Windows 95 version of its monopoly operating system and unlawfully leveraged its operating system monopoly to require PC manufacturers to license and distribute Internet Explorer on every PC those OEMs shipped with Windows.
Re:Five Walled Gardens: Operating systems are holding browse...
by shagie on Monday September 26, 2022 @02:24PM
(#32986423)
https://www.justice.gov/atr/complaint-us-v-microsoft-corp
Re:Five Walled Gardens: Operating systems are holding browse...
by scarface74 on Monday September 26, 2022 @02:26PM
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They were only forced to have the browser choice in the EU. Absolutely nothing changed with respect to IE and Windows in the US
At some point Microsoft was forced to include a browser choice program on installation and it had marginal effects on the IE user base. Likewise, despite the heavy shilling, Edge can barely get a foot in. Realistically all that changed is we now have to boot Edge or IE to get another browser again (from average user PoV).