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Sometimes it feels like companies fund weak competitors to discourage / drown out competition.

>>giveme+(OP)
Microsoft funded Apple to keep another OS vendor alive, so it's not about discouragement. It's probably a lot cheaper to fund a competitor than paying the gov't and getting tagged as a recognized monopoly

>>dylan6+zN
Not true at all.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/stop-the-lies-the-day-that-mic...

>>giveme+(OP)
There's enough imperfection in the world that no conspiracy is required.

>>brooks+n11
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by incompetence"?

>>megabl+cO
Quick summary: code from Apple’s QuickTime for Windows found its way into Microsoft Video for Windows. The Microsoft investment was the result of Apple winning a lawsuit.