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   Ian Betteridge (ianbetteridge@writing.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 23-Mar-2024 00:21:40 JST Ian Betteridge

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   And here's the key point. Importantly, the DOJ didn't have to *legislate* to keep Microsoft out of mobile: the chilling effect of worrying about the antitrust implications slowed the company down enough to make space for others.

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     Ian Betteridge (ianbetteridge@writing.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 23-Mar-2024 00:21:41 JST Ian Betteridge

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     Here's a story about Gates' comments...

     https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/6/20952370/bill-gates-windows-mobile-android-competition-comments-microsoft-antitrust

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     Ian Betteridge (ianbetteridge@writing.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 23-Mar-2024 00:21:42 JST Ian Betteridge

     This is one of those "thank god some journalists understand the history of antitrust" moments. One small quibble: Allison says, "I’m not really sure Apple owes the DOJ a thank-you card for making the iPhone possible", but Gates himself noted how, distracted by antitrust, Microsoft's ability to compete in smartphones was curtailed. They might not have stopped Apple, but they might well have been able to stop Android.

     https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/22/24107693/doj-us-versus-apple-complaint-microsoft-antitrust-case

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     Ian Betteridge (ianbetteridge@writing.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 23-Mar-2024 02:09:37 JST Ian Betteridge

     • goatsarah

     @goatsarah "Objectively technically terrible" didn't stop them in the past - see Windows 1, 2, and 3.0 for more ;)

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     Ian Betteridge (ianbetteridge@writing.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 23-Mar-2024 02:29:38 JST Ian Betteridge

     • goatsarah

     @goatsarah Go to your room and think long and hard about what you have just said :)