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The roles of arrogance and loophole finding has changed recently. Apple (2020) has become Microsoft (1998) and Microsoft (2020) has become Apple (1998).

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There are similarities but Apple never had a ~90% lock on computing infrastructure.

They were smart enough to target the 90% of profits rather than market-share.

Yes, though both strategies produced ungodly profits.

Microsoft never had a 90% lock on computing infrastructure. They had it on desktop and laptop computers, which is a subset.

And close to that on servers. It was a time after the demise of Netware but before the ubiquity of the Internet.

A distinction without significant meaning.

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