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Microsoft avoided a round of Big Tech scrutiny. Then it bought a company for $69 billion.

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Even now, it’s the example in the definition of a monopolization on the FTC’s website , which details how Microsoft used its monopoly on computer operating systems to exclude and harm competitors — especially the nascent web browser market. In 2002, the DOJ and Microsoft settled. Dan Levine/AFP via Getty Images.