Re: Microsoft's revenue structure

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

Il 15/05/24 04:49, Marc Sunet ha scritto:
> Which reminds me, how is it still legal for an OEM to ship a "default" 
> OS in a computer without giving the customer any choice [...]? Has this been an 
> avenue of research for the FSF or some other organization lately?

It's already illegal in the EU, according to multiple court rulings 
applying the EU treaties.

https://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20140912-01.en.html
https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210302-01.en.html
https://wiki.fsfe.org/Activities/WindowsTaxRefund

It's no mystery that Microsoft engages in industrial-scale illegality 
nevertheless. Nowadays many orgs focus their antitrust enforcement 
activity on the newest tool in the block, the DMA: «Device Neutrality is 
the policy concept to regulate monopoly over devices and re-establish 
end-user control over their digital equipment. The Digital Markets Act 
(DMA) regulates the economic activity of large digital platforms and 
introduces Device Neutrality into EU legislation, fostering access to 
Free Software in devices».

https://fsfe.org/activities/dma/dma.html

Federico