Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google
Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google
Microsoft has paused its latest pop-ups, for now.
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Microsoft really needs an antitrust smackdown with their repeated behavior.
So does Google though if we're being honest.
Microsoft saying “stop using Google” is actually totally fine with me.
But only if they’re saying “go get Firefox.”
Shouldn't Apple be the focus of efforts?
Why not both?
I think in reality the Chrome web browser is a huge threat to Internet freedom and should be a top priority.
Anti-trust is much more about a company having a dominant market position such that users are locked into their products no matter what. Google has 92% of the global search engine market. They pay Apple $15 Billion per year to keep their search engine the default in Safari. They have 65% of the browser market, tripling Safari. Microsoft are locked into Chromium with Edge, despite being Google’s largest competitor in search. They also have the largest share of online ad revenue at 39%, doubling Facebook’s 18%. Apple does dodgy shit too, but they don’t dominate any one market since the demise of the iPod. You’re only locked into their software if you buy their hardware. Which still isn’t right, but it’s nowhere near the level of influence that Google wields.
Edit: Don’t even get me started on Amazon, which also deserves a higher spot on the list than Apple with their domination of eCommerce. 37.8% compared to Walmart and eBay both at 6.3%
That didn't work in the 90s.
Or in:
- 2000
- 2002
- 2003
- 2005
- 2008
- 2011
- (2022)
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_litigation
Kuduos to you doing your HW. :)
Yes
In retrospect, DoJ didn't go far enough back then and ignored Microsoft's anti-competitive behavior with BeOS.
Part of it was Reagan massively weakened antitrust law after Ma Bell was broken up.
This is why we can't have good things.
Which sucked because BeOS was really good for its time.
For anyone curious about BeOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzosnPSETzk
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I was so excited to try BeOS back then. I don't think I ever got my hands on a copy, but it just looked so good.
I got to play with a BeBox for a few hours at a friend's store and it was pure joy to play with compared to what Apple and Microsoft had to offer.
Looking at the lobbying with the MS-Activision mess, and how broken the government here is. I'm sure they would of gave in.
It might work if the fine was a couple hundred billion, we can give them a payment plan.
Yes they do!
If you need more ammunition they recently also changed it so all links in Outlook opens in Edge even if it's not the default browser. You have to go to settings and find an entirely separate default browser setting to stop it.
I switched to Thunderbird because of that bullshit. It's getting worse. I'll be looking for a good Linux distro for my next laptop.
I didn't think that sort of thing happened anymore