Re:Open Letter to Microsoft’s CEO: Don’t Roll Back the Clock...
by fpgeek on Friday July 31, 2015 @12:40AM
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> Does Google let you replace default search with Bing if you want ?
Why yes, they do. If you want, you can even replace Google Now with Firefox search (using Yahoo by default, unless you change it).
Re:Open Letter to Microsoft’s CEO: Don’t Roll Back the Clock...
by realusername on Friday July 31, 2015 @04:48AM
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Apple is very far from a market leader, they have something like 20% of the smartphone market, it's maybe the most profitable 20% chunk but it's still 20%. When you have a near-monopoly on a market, you have some obligations regarding the competition that you would not have normally.
Windows is bigger does not mean they have any obligation to give space to others. Does Apple let you install YouPorn App on your iphone ? Does Google let you replace default search with Bing if you want ?
Both Android and iOS are immensely successful and both are on tight leash of Apple and Google. The reality is that, that tight leash has made user experience much much better. My father likes to surf net on his Android phone because his laptop is full of Ask and Conduit toolbars and he has no idea how they go there.
The world of Internet is now enough complex that it pays to let one company keep everything on tight leash and Microsoft's move in that direction makes a lot of sense.