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		cyborgx7 on Dec 5, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Firefox for iOS on GitHub There are other markets than the US and the antitrust laws were employed against Microsoft in the EU.

jfaat on Dec 5, 2014 [–]

The US antitrust case[1] referred specifically to browser vendor lock-in.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp.

orbifold on Dec 5, 2014 | [–]

As did the European case, ultimately forcing them to give a choice to the user which default browser to download, if I recall correctly.

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