If I remember correctly, Microsoft allegedly did that for the very selfish reason of looking better in terms of being a monopoly.

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politelemon 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Of course this is well known. Everything Microsoft does is for selfish capitalist reasons and everything Apple does is for altruistic philanthropic reasons.

	▲	kqp 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They’re publicly traded for-profit companies, selfishness is literally the definition of both of them and it’s the farthest thing from a secret.

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stavros 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Rather than for the altruistic reason of saving a struggling fellow company?