DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoMicrosoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Googlewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square395fedilinkarrow-up11.44Karrow-down137cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
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minus-squareDocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up305arrow-down6·11 months agoMicrosoft really needs an antitrust smackdown with their repeated behavior.
minus-squarePHLAK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up175arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoSo does Google though if we’re being honest.
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55arrow-down3·11 months agoMicrosoft saying “stop using Google” is actually totally fine with me. But only if they’re saying “go get Firefox.”
minus-squareThe_Mixer_Dude@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down16·11 months agoShouldn’t Apple be the focus of efforts?
minus-squareHughJanus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoWhy not both? I think in reality the Chrome web browser is a huge threat to Internet freedom and should be a top priority.
minus-squareThe_Mixer_Dude@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·edit-211 months agoWell one is trying to crack down on people using adblockers and the other is lobbying governments they don’t pay taxes to so that they are allowed to continue using forced ethnic slavery to make their products.
minus-squareHughJanus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·11 months agoYou think Google is going out of their way to ensure their devices are made in ethical factories?
minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down2·11 months agoThat didn’t work in the 90s.
minus-squarehoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77·11 months agoOr in: 2000 2002 2003 2005 2008 2011 (2022) Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_litigation
minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·11 months agoKuduos to you doing your HW. :)
minus-squareDocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·11 months agoIn retrospect, DoJ didn’t go far enough back then and ignored Microsoft’s anti-competitive behavior with BeOS.
minus-squarechaogomu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down1·11 months agoPart of it was Reagan massively weakened antitrust law after Ma Bell was broken up.
minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·11 months agoThis is why we can’t have good things.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·11 months agoWhich sucked because BeOS was really good for its time.
minus-squaredogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoI 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.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoI 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.
minus-squareChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months agoFor 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
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=MzosnPSETzk https://piped.video/watch?v=6-zgv0CZfco Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
minus-squareChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoDon’t tell the other bots but you are my favorite 🤫
minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·11 months agoLooking at the lobbying with the MS-Activision mess, and how broken the government here is. I’m sure they would of gave in.
minus-squareDarorad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months agoIt might work if the fine was a couple hundred billion, we can give them a payment plan.
minus-squarenutsack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-211 months agoI didn’t think that sort of thing happened anymore
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.
Well one is trying to crack down on people using adblockers and the other is lobbying governments they don’t pay taxes to so that they are allowed to continue using forced ethnic slavery to make their products.
You think Google is going out of their way to ensure their devices are made in ethical factories?
That didn’t work in the 90s.
Or in:
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.
Ma Bell, the ill communication
Which sucked because BeOS was really good for its time.
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.
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
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=MzosnPSETzk
https://piped.video/watch?v=6-zgv0CZfco
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
Don’t tell the other bots but you are my favorite 🤫
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!
I didn’t think that sort of thing happened anymore