[josefresco]

Your car analogy is poor. Better would be to consider a scenario where Ford owned 95% of the car market, and offered for free, Ford branded stereos in each model whereas previously there was no stereo and you had to buy one separate.

Other stereo manufacturers, who sell stereos got mad, and basically convinced the government that Ford has a monopoly and should be forced to offer consumers a choice in stereo.

Microsoft never warned people that using another browser would "cause damage" or void warranty. They simply gave away something for free, that was previously a paid product. Their dominant market position gave them leverage to essentially wipe out the competition. This, depending on your market philosophy was either the right move to protect consumers, or an example of special interests influencing government to effect markets (IMHO it was probably both).