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:marseyunpettable: RETVRN TO EDGE :marseyunpettable: RESTORE MICROSOFT :marseyunpettable: BECOME UNGOOGLABLE :marseyunpettable:

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Wasn’t this supposed to be illegal with that big Netscape case

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what's illegal? promoting their browser on their operating system?

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It was big deal because it was seen as not allowing choice by shipping with IE only or something like that. Was part of the antitrust case of the time.

Shit neighbor I’m not even a computer kid and I know about this story

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It was big deal because it was seen as not allowing choice by shipping with IE only or something like that.

IIRC they made some IE dlls super important so if you removed IE the entire OS would break

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:marseyhesright: I was there. The case was that MS made IE an "integral part" of their OS and other browsers (which one would BUY) were at a disadvantage, because IE was there from the start AND couldn't be removed completely. It also hinged on the fact that MS was quasi a monopoly, Apple and smartphones in general weren't a thing.

Now with Apple being biggest on the planet MS has stopped caring.

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because IE was there from the start AND couldn't be removed completely

fricking cortana is the same but it's so shit no one cares enough I guess

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Yeah Cortana is there, but ignored/disabled easily enough. Even with re-enabling, no-one sane uses Cortana or Bing (except for rewards), everyone is using Apple or Google. MS fricked up, now they're chained to PCs and Office, while the money is in mobile phones and apps. In my hindsight: Should've made good Nokias (the longevity brand) combined with Android app store plus their own.

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I think they got rid of her even more in Win11


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You don't understand. It's okay now because the M$FT of today is woke and employees state their pronouns.

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Holding gigantic corporations accountable is racist.

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But constantly replacing it/restoring it each update is not!

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daily reminder that the only time microsoft got any pushback against this was in the EU :marseyflageu::marseygigachad: we should get the commission to b-word slap them again for this shit

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