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zeta0134 on Nov 10, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: After protest, Lenovo adds Linux compatibility to ...

Hrm! IANAL, I was entirely unaware this was even a thing, and now I'm deep down the Wikipedia rabbit hole. The more you know!

Looks like the legality of it varies by state / region / country. Maybe it's not illegal where I live; I'm in South Texas. I'll research it though, thanks! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tying_(commerce)

shmerl on Nov 10, 2016 [–]

This case is especially bad, since you can say it's an anti-competitive practice which benefits Microsoft - it helps them to retain their OS monopoly.

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