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minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoEh, when Microsoft was required to ask you which browser you wanted, they didn’t need to offer every browser, just theirs, firefox and Chrome. This could definitely be collusion, but I don’t think that not extending it to all competitiors is what makes it that.
minus-squareHerbal Gamer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoMicrosoft didn’t make the other browsers pay for the privilege of being a browser though.
Eh, when Microsoft was required to ask you which browser you wanted, they didn’t need to offer every browser, just theirs, firefox and Chrome.
This could definitely be collusion, but I don’t think that not extending it to all competitiors is what makes it that.
Microsoft didn’t make the other browsers pay for the privilege of being a browser though.