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readthenotes1yesterday at 10:41 PM2 repliesview on HN

Didn't Mozilla reclaim its title after Microsoft stopped its s monopolistic and anti-competitive activities? Or do I have the timing wrong?


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biglyburritoyesterday at 10:46 PM

lol, please tell me at what point in time Microsoft stopped its monopolistic and anti-competitive activities.

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cogman10yesterday at 10:53 PM

That was maybe a factor in the EU. In the US, MS never really stopped their anti-competitive activities. IE has been distributed as the default browser for windows in the US since forever.

MS presented the choice for a browser from 2009->2011.

IDK that MS has ever actually fixed the situation since their last fine in 2013.

IIRC, firefox really started taking off around Firefox 3, which was first released in 2006. Looks like they officially beat IE in 2010. That does seem to line up with MS's implementation of the browser choice screen.