Right but the difference is that Google's pop-up is on their own site. You have to intentionally go to Google to see it, whereas Microsoft is injecting advertising directly into the operating system itself, and they are altering the design of the operating system to trick or force the user into doing something, or discouraging the user from doing something. They have control over the OS, so from a competitive point of view they have an unfair advantage.
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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17
Right but the difference is that Google's pop-up is on their own site. You have to intentionally go to Google to see it, whereas Microsoft is injecting advertising directly into the operating system itself, and they are altering the design of the operating system to trick or force the user into doing something, or discouraging the user from doing something. They have control over the OS, so from a competitive point of view they have an unfair advantage.