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    [–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 57 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    The European Commission would appreciate the multi billion euro "donation" from Microsoft if they did something so obviously anti competitive.

    [–] DetectiveKakuna@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

    I agree, but also when has a threat of a fine ever stopped a capitalist from doing what they want? They just call it the cost of doing business.

    [–] fluxion@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

    Or doing it regionally

    [–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

    The kind of fines that are based on global revenue are at least enough to slow them down. Right now we are a bit in a phase of Whac a Mole phase of the EU doing new directives with these kinds of fines and American companies trying to find loopholes, but I don't see how Microsoft would weasel out of this one.

    [–] Perfide@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

    iPhone 15 is heavily rumored to be USB-C. So... at least once?

    [–] gammasfor@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

    Microsoft had to provide a separate edition that gave the user a browser choice for 10 years because the EU successfully called anti-trust on Windows doing IE/Edge as default.