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Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by DocMcStuffin to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That didn't work in the 90s.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Or in:

  • 2000
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2005
  • 2008
  • 2011
  • (2022)

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_litigation

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

Kuduos to you doing your HW. :)

[–] DocMcStuffin 39 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In retrospect, DoJ didn't go far enough back then and ignored Microsoft's anti-competitive behavior with BeOS.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Part of it was Reagan massively weakened antitrust law after Ma Bell was broken up.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is why we can't have good things.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ma Bell, the ill communication

[–] FlyingSquid 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Which sucked because BeOS was really good for its time.

[–] dogslayeggs 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For anyone curious about BeOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzosnPSETzk

Also there's apparently an open source version of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-zgv0CZfco

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Don't tell the other bots but you are my favorite 🤫

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Looking at the lobbying with the MS-Activision mess, and how broken the government here is. I'm sure they would of gave in.

[–] Darorad 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It might work if the fine was a couple hundred billion, we can give them a payment plan.