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		jasonhansel on Sept 9, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Apple's Apps Topped Rivals in the App Store It... Remember when the EU banned MS from shipping a web browser with their OS? Why is iOS allowed to do the same sorts of things?

seanmcdirmid on Sept 9, 2019 [–]

Supposedly there are other smart phones than the iPhone that have significant market share (even more than the iPhone sometimes) in Europe.

The same wasn’t true for desktop OSes (at the time), Microsoft Windows had an overwhelming chunk of Europe’s market share.

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