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[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 148 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Modern Google is becoming the Microsoft of the 90s

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 59 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And they'll make eleventy bajillion dollars in the meantime, plenty of money to pay their inevitable punitive "fines."

[–] TeoTwawki@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Hell old MSs penalty was giving free licenses in markets it never had a grip on, so its "lock 'em in!" model meant the "penalty" benefited them!

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 14 points 3 months ago

Which is funny and said because Microsoft is also the Microsoft of the 90s.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Microsoft is still like this