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		CivBase on Dec 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple partly halts Beeper's iMessage app again, su... Right. This is much more similar to MS and Internet Explorer back in 98. Interestingly enough, one of the outcomes of that case was IE for the Mac.

jonhohle on Dec 15, 2023 [–]

It required no ongoing infrastructure for people to use IE either on Windows or on Mac. iMessage requires servers, bandwidth, and operators.

CivBase on Dec 15, 2023 | [–]

Yeah, they're definitely not identical. But from an antitrust perspective I think the MS case is at least much more similar.

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