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It's hard to construct an argument that they should, other than reaching for "common carrier" status or some kind of anti-trust. To the extent that they're acting as a "publisher" they can publish what they like.

But it's still strange that Microsoft is forced to put in browser choice (and in some jurisdictions media player choice, I think), while Apple get to be a platform-monopolist. The usual argument against this is the non-dominance of the iPhone; so long as Android is the most popular OS and allows some choice of stores, I don't think anyone's successfully going to make a case against Apple.



Both the browser choice, and the "N editions" (without media player) were in the EU/EEA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Corp_v_Commission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrowserChoice.eu




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