Hi all,
I'm sure some of you remember the anti trust case of the European Commission against Microsoft in 2009.
The argument back then was: "Microsoft's tying of Internet Explorer to the Windows operating system harms competition between web browsers, undermines product innovation and ultimately reduces consumer choice."
As a result Microsoft agreed to not bundle the Internet Explorer with Windows 7 in Europe. Instead users got a "ballot box" to chose a browser. According to Wikipedia[1] the "ballot box" was removed two years later with a update, in March 2013 the European Commission fined Microsoft €561 million.
Now, 9 years later I read "Microsoft to ‘warn’ Windows 10 users not to install Chrome or Firefox"[2]. So 9 years later the dialog is back again, but it does the complete opposite this time. It warns user to install anything else beside Microsoft Edge.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v._Commission [2] https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/12/17850146/microsoft-windows-10-chrome-fire...
Cheers, Björn