kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 5 months agoLinux is the reason Windows apps are bloated these daysdiscuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square231fedilinkarrow-up1850
arrow-up1850imageLinux is the reason Windows apps are bloated these daysdiscuss.tchncs.dekirk781@discuss.tchncs.de to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square231fedilink
minus-squareحمید پیام عباسی@crazypeople.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 months ago the operating system should provide basic browser functionalit Microsoft got literally sued and almost dissolved as a company for that
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 months agoBut that’s cause it wasn’t FOSS, but instead a privately owned closed-source app If an open standard was set, and agreed upon by most, then nobody would sue anyone Heck, many Linux distros come with a browser preinstalled, but use a FOSS one to not hit that legal problem
minus-squareحمید پیام عباسی@crazypeople.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoYeah, 1998 was definitely a time where Microsoft wasn’t going to do that. They were (and are) in embrace, extend, extinguish mode
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoIf anything they’ve ramped up on the EEE mode
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoAnd what did we get for it? If you search “chrome install” in Edge it pulls a Janet, all like
minus-squareحمید پیام عباسی@crazypeople.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoTo be fair… Chrome is a lateral move on Windows. If I were forced to use Windows I’d probably just use edge if I needed a chromium browser lol
Microsoft got literally sued and almost dissolved as a company for that
But that’s cause it wasn’t FOSS, but instead a privately owned closed-source app
If an open standard was set, and agreed upon by most, then nobody would sue anyone
Heck, many Linux distros come with a browser preinstalled, but use a FOSS one to not hit that legal problem
Yeah, 1998 was definitely a time where Microsoft wasn’t going to do that. They were (and are) in embrace, extend, extinguish mode
If anything they’ve ramped up on the EEE mode
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And what did we get for it? If you search “chrome install” in Edge it pulls a Janet, all like
To be fair… Chrome is a lateral move on Windows. If I were forced to use Windows I’d probably just use edge if I needed a chromium browser lol