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Comment by pocksuppet

20 hours ago

Has always been the case. Corporations hate standards and would rather lock you in except where market forces prevent them. It was a miracle we have something like the internet - and the government had to create it.

Microsoft's decade-long PR rehabilitation has worked wonders for them.

Except the standards other & regulations that increase the barrier for market entry. They love those standards once they feel sufficiently entrenched.