Let's see.
A whole lot more if you actually read the complaint.
lol evetything you're accusing Microsoft of doing Apple is (and others) currently actively doing.
and you refuse to actually accept that dear Apple might not be the same company fighting upwards against IBM in 1984.
At the time browsers for a for sale product, including IE. Microsoft bundled IE into its OS for free in a bid to undercut all competing browsers.
This is a lie and misinformation. At the time, All browsers were still free. Netscape, Opera, etc. All free browers.
If you tried to remove IE you broke File Explorer - you know basically the Windows UI.
Also Not exactly true. When Win98 SE came out with the pre-bundled IE that set this off, IE was not wholly integrated itno the OS. This was the argument that was part of the AntiTrust findings. That the full IE, was NOT full EXPLORE.exe and could be decoupled by minor software tweaks on Microsoft's part. That they were in anti Trust because they intentionally hobbled Explorer.exe as an excuse to say that IE was needed.
Microsoft actively went after the competing browsers by setting license agreements with OEM that no one could preinstall a competing browser or they los the right to license Windows AT ALL (among other things)
And APPLE is actively going after competing services by setting license terms on the Apple store that are entirely in favour of Apple monetization and Apple Apps first. With full ability to block and limit the features and functionalities of Any competing app. Else lose the license to distribute iOS Apps.
So.. Yes, Apple is doing the same thing.
How is one company preinstalling a few commonly accepted stock apps (Apple) anywhere close to the antics Microsoft pulled?
You didnt read my comments fully and decided to just... say stuff like this? My comment directly calls out the monetization service applications that apple pushes up front. Things like the Calculator or Stocks apps are feature limited in compared to the competition. Aren't monetized by Apple, and Apple rarely pushes them, so users looking for more advanced versions of these apps will go to the App store and find competing Applications.
it's the first party services, that Apple directly monetizes, while punishing those third parties with high fees. While Also pre-installing those services, with pre-bundled "free" trials. This creates a behavioural patterns where more people are not even going to even look for competing products. Giving Apple a sizable market advantage with these service categories.
This has nothing to do with Apple good | Microsoft evil. At the present time all my phones are Apple and will likely stay that way. As for non-mobile devices I am a bit more flexible. I have used most every OS out there over my lifetime - DEC, VAX, Multics, ADABAS, IBM mainframes, Mac, Windows, Linux. Hell, I still have an OS/2 Warp machine running in a VM just for nostalgia reasons.
Good for you and so have i. But it's completely irrelevant to the argument and is meaningless chest thumping that doesn't prove your point.
If you view a little pushback on your over-simplified argument as a simple Apple vs Microsoft fan alignment I have to wonder which of us has the predetermined viewpoint.
Excecpt my argument isn't "over simplified" and I didn't have to write multiple paragraphs because it's a "simplified argument". you believe it's a simplified argument because your own perceived bias clearly had you skim over the arguments, ignore what you didn't like to read, and then emotionally try calling out my argument as "simple"
it's ridiculously NOT a simple argument. That's why Antitrust and Anti-competitive behaviour by corporations IS a big deal and requires a lot of judicial oversight and regulations.
the problem which, we no longer have properly enforced.
