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by wernercd 2654 days ago
And Windows was dependent in Internet Explorer to operate.

And that dependence was both created artificially and then abused.

Why can't YouTube switch to, say, Azure? Or Oracle Cloud? or whatever other magic exists?

Infrastructure exists outside of Google - as did the ability to decouple Internet Explorer from Windows.
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dekhn 2654 days ago
windows was never dependent on internet explorer to operate. MS put a simple DLL with HTML and other web tech in the OS, making it easier to serve up help and other content. What they did (IMHO) was completely reasonable in terms of OS integration. Look at ChromeOS today- it's the same idea, taken to its logical conclusion.

People often misrepresent the MS trial.

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donatj 2654 days ago
> And Windows was dependent in Internet Explorer to operate.

I mean it was and still is dependent on MSHTML for rendering things like the help system as well as rich text in many pre-XAML apps. You don’t want the icon on your desktop, fine, but it certainly is a core part of the OSs rendering system.

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