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Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 12 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Wasn't there an anti trust or monopoly suite against Microsoft for bundled IE back in the day? Funny how times change, though I agree it's not easy to get a preferred browser without one. Mean it never was overly simple but they were on so many CDs mailed out back then. Think it has to do with some IE and Windows integration too so not just cause they bundled it.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    The problem with IE4 is that it was designed in such a way that it was deeply integrated into the operating system, such that it could not be uninstalled.

    It's completely reasonable now to ship an operating system without a browser, as long as there's some kind of "app store" or "package manager" through which a user can install whatever browser they want (provided it's available through said store, of course).

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