@LukeAlmighty @mactonite @applejack >anti trust laws for daring to provide a media player and web browser out of the box.
The reason they were hit wait anti-trust laws was because they did far more than just that.

When it came to "internet explorer", microsoft criminally manipulated their position to ensure that many sites only worked in ie and surprise, surprise, all the suckers ended up using it.

I don't know much about the case when it came to the media player, but I believe that media player does implement digital handcuffs for numerous purposes, including anti-competitive reasons.


Unfortunately, nothing happened to microsoft in the end, aside from a trivial fine that was passed onto the suckers, when the court should have ruled to execute the business.