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by a_imho 2021 days ago
We know what happens, the question is why is it allowed?
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Because a bunch of people believe as a matter of ideology that Microsoft has the fundamental liberty to be your system administrator and that, in a free society, regulators can't so much as think about doing something about it. See the top of the thread.
Apple did it 10x worse with their iphone apps and now no one cares anymore.
Apple is not a monopoly.

I believe Apple folks recently said it's actually good to have Android around, so it prevents them to be under anti-monopoly laws.