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**shodulsilfeli** · 03-22-2008, 11:23 PM

Originally posted by Wiglaf
And I'm not aware of Apple forcing Safari on anyone. You're either channeling Agathon's stupidity in not comprehending, or you're being obtuse.

I've already said this many times. You're clearly not aware of the concept of social engineering and how you can design dialogs in such a way to make users do things they probably don't want to do. It's not a "forced" bundling in layman's terms, but it relies on fundamental dishonesty and trickery to get the job done. Both are equally despicable.

Firefox is clearly superior but commands only a fraction of the marketshare. It went from 0% to 17% (300 million downloads) in only a few years, and is still on the rise. Obviously, people have choice. Choice that is -- amazingly enough -- enabled by having a default OS browser that is used to acquire others.

03-22-2008, 11:23 PM	#20
shodulsilfeli Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 566 Senior Member	Originally posted by Wiglaf And I'm not aware of Apple forcing Safari on anyone. You're either channeling Agathon's stupidity in not comprehending, or you're being obtuse. I've already said this many times. You're clearly not aware of the concept of social engineering and how you can design dialogs in such a way to make users do things they probably don't want to do. It's not a "forced" bundling in layman's terms, but it relies on fundamental dishonesty and trickery to get the job done. Both are equally despicable. Firefox is clearly superior but commands only a fraction of the marketshare. It went from 0% to 17% (300 million downloads) in only a few years, and is still on the rise. Obviously, people have choice. Choice that is -- amazingly enough -- enabled by having a default OS browser that is used to acquire others.
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