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protomyth
on Aug 29, 2020
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Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account
They effectively made it impossible to buy a computer without paying them. They profited even when they were not part of a transaction which killed BeOS and others.
lostmsu
on Aug 29, 2020
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That does not answer my question. Did they abuse monopoly, and if they did - how?
protomyth
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How is not an abuse of monopoly to create agreements that require Microsoft to be paid even if their product doesn't ship on the computer?
lostmsu
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Which agreement are you talking about specifically?
protomyth
on Aug 30, 2020
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The agreements with Dell, HP, etc. that required them to charge for Windows on every machine even if it didn't ship with Windows.
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