EU *declares* war on Google

[Graybeard]

EU set to fine Google billions over Android: sources

up to a 10 Billion fine =O=

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The complaint formally lodged in April also accuses Google of preventing manufacturers from selling smartphones that run on rival operating systems based on the Android open source code.


Google also gave "financial incentives" to manufacturers and mobile network operators if they pre-installed Google Search on their devices, the commission said.

Vestager's other scalps include Amazon and Apple.

The EU's biggest ever punishment targeted Apple in 2016 when it ordered the iconic maker of iPhones and iPads to pay Ireland 13 billion euros ($16 billion) in back taxes that it had avoided by a tax deal with Dublin.

The EU has also taken on Facebook over privacy issues after it admitted that millions of users may have had their data hijacked by British consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica, which was working for Trump's 2016 election campaign.

The Google decision comes just one week before European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker is due to travel to the United States for crucial talks with Trump on the tariffs dispute and other issues.



Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-07-eu-fine-google-billions-android.html#jCp ...

 

[azgold]

You doin' your happy dance, @Graybeard ?

 

[Graybeard]

Well, they are guilty IMHO and got caught
I hope that the fine gets donated to the LINUX Foundation to develop a good mobile operating system that is not a *elGoog hack*

As I recall the EU took Microsoft to task in the browser conspiracy. Funny how that worked out -- isn't it?

 

[Graybeard]

>>>> BRUSSELS—The European Union hit Alphabet Inc.’s Google with a record antitrust fine of €4.34 billion ($5.06 billion) and ordered changes to its business that could loosen the company’s grip on its biggest growth engine: mobile phones.
Google Is Fined $5 Billion by EU in Android Antitrust Case (subscription)

Next: Price Increase of 30% for your AdWords Did we really win?

 

[Graybeard]

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[Graybeard]

Keeps getting better:

QUOTE>>>[T]he EU has made no suggestions on exactly how Google should solve its app bundling violations. But it’s clear that if phone makers can bundle their own browsers instead of Chrome and point search queries toward rivals, then that could have implications for Google’s mobile ad revenue, which constitutes more than 50 percent of the company’s net digital ad revenue. ...<<<
Google warns Android might not remain free because of EU decision

 

[T J Tutor]

Google likely knew in advance this would happen down the road and built the cost of fines into their project(s). Better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission is the way of the corporate world. I guarantee you their legal teams told them well in advance. All we are seeing is the show they have rehearsed for years.