[davidgerard]

So why didn't MS lock it down in the US if it's an EU-local rule? Their excuse isn't plausible.

[voytec]

You're spilling cheap propaganda. Microsoft likely never had[0] an appropriate userland-level API in place and them blaming the EU should not be repeated by someone calling themselves a journalist.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGttFWntctU - I need to state here that I do not possess the level of knowledge the author of video presents and therefore am unable to confirm findings included in the video

[deepsun]

> Microsoft likely never had

And we're back to Microsoft -- they are responsible for not having a proper way to handle such third-party apps, nor they maintained a process and controls to prevent such rogue breaking updates.