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int_19h04/24/20251 replyview on HN

Wasn't this something that Microsoft actually tried at one point (and was rightly slammed for)?


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ascagnel_04/24/2025

It was -- and it's so blatantly anti-competitive and letter-of-the-law (at least in the US) abuse of a monopoly position that Microsoft stopped it almost as soon as they were challenged on it.