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(Unverified)May 31st 2009 10:58AM

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Linux distros and Apple already show you alternative browsers, in Linux it's via the package manager and Apple link to them on their downloads page. Also, non-WebKit browsers are allowed into the App Store IIRC.

However, regardless of all that, the EU are still nutjobs with this idea. Didn't this start off as Microsoft getting told off for integrating IE too deeply into the system so that it couldn't be removed? I was in support of that, and Microsoft fixed it for Windows 7. Case closed. What's this new idea for?

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(Unverified)May 31st 2009 8:52PM

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Because the folks at the EU hate successful non-EU businesses.

Perhaps Mercedes should give me the choice of installing a Toyota engine!

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master811Jun 4th 2009 4:20PM

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@RigfhtPaddock

In case you need some examples of EU companies being fined:

Saint-Gobain (900m euros)
ThyssenKrupp (500m)
Hoffmna-La Roche (500m)
Siemens (400m)
Pilkington (400m)
BASF (300m)
Otis (300m)

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