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**themsrsdude** · 06-12-2009, 03:58 PM

Choice always existed, Dry. You're deluding yourself.

Shipping every Windows copy with a browser enables the user to choose between ALL browsers.

Shipping Windows without one means users are restricted in their choice to whatever they have available on physical mediums already. Restricts choice!

The excuse that now OEMs can bundle browsers with the OS is naive at best. Have you ever purchased a computer from an OEM? I'm sure you have. Do you know their business model? They sell the apps they bundle to the highest bidder. This does not promote consumer choice. I guarantee you, you're going to start to see "branded" browsers from OEMs and you're also going to see ad-supported browsers from the Euro budget manufacturers.

CHOICE

Re: the last quote there -- the browser is still integrated into the OS (Trident rendering engine). All they've removed is the iexplorer.exe shell for it.

06-12-2009, 03:58 PM	#15
themsrsdude Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 477 Senior Member	Choice always existed, Dry. You're deluding yourself. Shipping every Windows copy with a browser enables the user to choose between ALL browsers. Shipping Windows without one means users are restricted in their choice to whatever they have available on physical mediums already. Restricts choice! The excuse that now OEMs can bundle browsers with the OS is naive at best. Have you ever purchased a computer from an OEM? I'm sure you have. Do you know their business model? They sell the apps they bundle to the highest bidder. This does not promote consumer choice. I guarantee you, you're going to start to see "branded" browsers from OEMs and you're also going to see ad-supported browsers from the Euro budget manufacturers. CHOICE Re: the last quote there -- the browser is still integrated into the OS (Trident rendering engine). All they've removed is the iexplorer.exe shell for it.
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