They are more interested in supplanting google with bing than in destroying that business model? And they might have been afraid of accusations of abusing their dominating position in the browser market and not have reevaluated in light of their shrinking market share.
Because Microsoft’s primary customers are not end users, but integration companies such as Dell and HP, and these companies maximize profits by loading PCs up with lots of advertisements.
Why doesn’t Microsoft put an ad-blocker in Internet Explorer to reduce Google’s revenue?
EDIT: And that of Facebook.
They might not want escalation?
It would likely leave them open to an anti-trust suit and might even violate their existing settlement agreement with the DOJ.
They are more interested in supplanting google with bing than in destroying that business model? And they might have been afraid of accusations of abusing their dominating position in the browser market and not have reevaluated in light of their shrinking market share.
Because Microsoft’s primary customers are not end users, but integration companies such as Dell and HP, and these companies maximize profits by loading PCs up with lots of advertisements.