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Microsoft points finger at the EU for not being able to lock down Windows (www.neowin.net)
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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Not then, but European anti trust lawsuits resulted in laws that require Microsoft to allow 3rd parties complete access. That means if the 3rd party software is a low level driver, it will crash the system. They are legally required to allow vendors the level of access that can crash the system.