Microsoft, the EU fine, and a browser ballot no one missed

Berin Szoka & Geoffrey A. Manne March 7, 2013

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If a tree fell in the forest, and no one noticed… the European Commission would impose a staggering fine — and then congratulate itself for protecting consumers from falling trees. That’s essentially what just happened: the Commission fined Microsoft $732 million for failing to show its “browser ballot” when users installed one of its Windows 7 updates.

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