• umbraroze@kbin.social
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    3 years ago

    Microsoft got repeatedly hit over this kind of shenanigans in MSIE during and after the anti-trust lawsuit.

    Sadly, that was 20 years ago. I’m not having much faith in American justice system doing anything about this nowadays.

    • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
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      3 years ago

      You should look into all of the anti-monopoly actions that Lina Khan has been pursuing as head of the FTC. Under her tenure the watchdogs have had more teeth than ever before. It takes time for this stuff to make a difference, but they are most decidedly doing the work (Cory Doctorow has some excellent write ups on this if you check his blog).

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        3 years ago

        He lionizes her a bit much, but yes she has done far more than her predecessor.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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      3 years ago

      Microsoft got repeatedly hit over this kind of shenanigans in MSIE during and after the anti-trust lawsuit.

      And all they had to do was drag the trial out until a favorable administration took office.