system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why did Microsoft get in trouble for including IE with it's software, yet Samsung can sell me a Galaxy S6 stuffed to the brim with crapware and get away scot-free?

Doesn't make any sense.

Microsoft got absolutely battered for bundling IE with its Windows software, yet Samsung (and pretty much every phone manufacturer) includes a massive host of shit with it's phones and doesn't see any repercussions?
gpt
Back then, internet was *really* slow. To install a browser you either bought a physical copy at a store and installed it from a CD or floppy drive, or you downloaded it at an excruciatingly slow speed. Internet was often priced for the time you were connected, so every second you spent on the net meant your bill was growing bigger. So IE coming pre-installed with Windows was a massive convenience. People didn't have to jump through hoops to get a browser on their system anymore. They could just start using IE and never worry about anything else again. The problem was, IE belonged to Microsoft, the company that owned Windows. Court thought that this gave Microsoft an unfair advantage over other browsers, which couldn't find their way into Windows machines anywhere as easy as IE could. Microsoft was accused of being a monopoly and using their power to restrict their competition and win the browser war.

So it wasn't about filling the computers with bloatware, it was about being a monopoly. Nowadays, it's not as much of an issue because it's much easier to switch to a different browser. They are free and easier to get.