Ka-pi96 said:
Teeqoz said:
Ka-pi96 said:
Well if it's google/firefox's problem then maybe they should be the ones making it easier to download their browsers or making their own OS to compete with MS. It isn't up to MS to do google/firefox's job for them.
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*sigh*
You do understand what the concept of abusing your monopoly means? Google/Firefox doesn't have control over how easy Microsoft makes it to keep your preferred browser. If Microsoft intentionally makes it more difficult to download/keep Chrome/Firefox, that is abusing their monopoly in OS. Both Firefox and Google have made their own OS's, but they haven't been able to attain much market share. Does that give Microsoft a free pass to do whatever they want with Windows, because Google and Firefox has their own OS?
If Microsoft made it only possible to have Edge on W10, meaning that you'd have to switch OS to Firefox OS or Chrome OS to use a different browser, would you be okay with that? That is the extreme of this case.
And once again, I don't know if MS doesn't give you the option to keep your preferred browser when you upgrade, but this is all if they don't.
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If it prevented you from using any other browser than Microsoft's own then fair enough, I'd agree with you, but it doesn't. If Microsoft make such a successful OS then they have every right to use that to advertise their other services, they aren't hiding or preventing use of alternatives just putting their own front and centre. If I were to walk in to a Ford showroom or something then instead of Volskwagens they would have Fords there wouldn't they? They aren't going to be advertising their competitors products, that is the job of their competitor.
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This isn't about advertising Firefox/Chrome. It is merely about giving you the option to keep your preferred/default browser when upgrading your OS. Just a little box you tick off where it says "I'd like to keep my default browser" and another box "I'd like Microsoft Edge to be my default browser". Once again, I don't know if it gives you that option, but if they don't, that is abusing their monopoly. It might not be so bad that it's illegal (though MS has gotten into legal troubles for something like this before), but it's still bad.
