• BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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        8 months ago

        They were legally required to permit third party to install a kernel mode driver.

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        8 months ago

        Not then, but European anti trust lawsuits resulted in laws that require Microsoft to allow 3rd parties complete access. That means if the 3rd party software is a low level driver, it will crash the system. They are legally required to allow vendors the level of access that can crash the system.