It's OK for Apple to block Firefox, but wrong when Microsoft does it

Re:It's OK for Apple to block Firefox, but wrong when Micros... by Karunamon on Friday May 11, 2012 @02:50PM (#3960693)

Considering that Apple hasn't been legally ruled to be an illegal monopoly and Microsoft has, the faux-righteous-indignation in the headline completely backfires.

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Re:It's OK for Apple to block Firefox, but wrong when Micros... by rmk2 on Friday May 11, 2012 @03:08PM (#3960786)

Apple also has a lot more...vocal (dare I say 'zealous'?) followers trying to quell criticism. Those very same people will however gladly take every stab they can at Microsoft.

(I think both companies deserve every bit of criticism for trying to repeat history all over again...)

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Re:It's OK for Apple to block Firefox, but wrong when Micros... by pohl on Friday May 11, 2012 @03:59PM (#3961056)

Microsoft had an abundant supply vocal apologists back then. Moreover, they had the tech press (which was on paper at the time) in their pocket.

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Re:It's OK for Apple to block Firefox, but wrong when Micros... by wvenable on Friday May 11, 2012 @03:23PM (#3960872)

Microsoft had an illegal monopoly on x86 powered desktop computers. There's a reason why only the ARM version of the exact same OS is locked down.

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