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It is not an issue. MS is the outlier here in that they sell their software to anybody (Linux is given for free), like you said everybody else (TV manufactures, cars, etc) bundle theirs.

You could, maybe, make the argument that what Apple does is anticompetitive, but in the laptop space they are the ones being hurt by a monopoly, not the ones who benefit.



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