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Google Tries to Defend Its Web Environment Integrity as Critics Slam It as Dangerous
(techreport.com)
this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2023
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Google must have forgotten when they sued Microsoft for trying to corner the browser market for Internet Explorer. Or maybe they are two faced.
Companies have only one goal, more profit. Both actions here work to that goal.
No no, they sued because they were behind.
Now they are not. Nothing wrong anymore.
That was for tying IE to Windows, and it was also done while there were paid web browsers competing with them. Then they forced OEM PC makers to bundle IE or get dropped as a customer for Windows licenses.
Then they went and made Chrome OS.
I mean "either use a Chromium browser or you can't display or use the site" sounds pretty similar to me.
Couldn't agree more
However, unlike bundling a browser by default, you'd need to get a lot of websites to agree to "be normal" and support multiple browsers properly.
Companies never sue because of idealism or values. They sue to get an advantage.
Same as Musk, who is publically harshly against government subsidies for companies. Unless he's the recipent.