Barbarossa said:
superchunk said:
It is ridiculous that MS has to take these steps in the first place.
MS was fined out wazoo and forced to change many years ago by US and EU regulators. They have changed and its clearly not a monopolistic giant any more.
Windows is no different than Android, iOS, Mac, Linux etc at this point. You can easily switch defaults and add any software you want at any level.
However, MS is the only one being punished for having default software that they build. That is BS and should no longer continue. They paid the price and rectified the issue. They should not have to provide endless options to sell their competitors products.
Apple and Google do not have to do this and they are just as powerful in other markets as well. If someone is too ignorant to understand how to switch to a browser, media player, etc that they prefer... then they need to get to fuck off the internet to begin with. Anyone who cares, can easily switch to anything. Hell, most users would be confused by the questions as they simply don't understand any of the differences. |
Imagine General Motors making engines for most cars in the world. They are exploiting the situation, forcing car-manufacturers to abide by their demands so they can maximize their profits. This results in inferior, generic products and inflated prices which the consumer must pay for.
So, you don't like the color of your car, well too bad then, you could always paint it yourself right? And if you're too ignorant to know how to do that, then maybe you shouldn't drive a car in the first place!
For what it's worth ;)
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The monopolistic policies were already fined and litigated. Having to provide competing software wasn't the issue, it was not being able to supersede or remove the default. That has been fixed and anyone can easily pick whatever color they want with no added cost.
If your logic is true, then Google and Apple should have to follow suit. How much can you change in iOS? How many different stores can you buy software from?
