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Maybe you are too young to remember when they did exactly this to Microsoft. The antitrust thing is a slow moving ship, both to start and stop.

MS and Apple both make hardware and control your OS. It is a fundamentally more in-your-face relationship with many more points of contact for an average consumer. That doesn't mean Google has been any less ruthless in pursuit of their almighty quarterly gains.

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dismalaf 3 days ago | parent [-]

No, I remember the Microsoft anti-trust trial. It was barely a slap on the wrist.

If we were to try draw equivalence: they'd ask Google to stop paying to be the default search provider on platforms and to offer a choice of search provider on Android. That would be the same as what they required of MS (simply to not bundle Internet Explorer and to open up APIs). What the EU is currently asking of Apple is maybe equivalent.

What the DOJ is currently seeking from Google is way over the top given the MS precedent.

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apoverton 3 days ago | parent [-]

There was one ruling that was a lot more harsh but wound up getting overturned on appeal.

On June 7, 2000, the District Court ordered a breakup of Microsoft as its remedy. According to that judgment, Microsoft would have to be split into two separate units, one to produce the operating system and one to produce other software components. Microsoft immediately appealed the judgment to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. [1]

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_C....

	▲	NBJack 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		I suspect this will happen here. We seem to be a long ways off from an actual enforcement. I also assume part of this sudden and intense recommendation is in part due to the upcoming change in power. While the case has been going on for a while, this admittedly feels like an ill-timed overreaction.