Google loses appeal against EU, ordered to pay €4.1 billion fine
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Samath N8 808 owner, 14 Sep 2022This fine itself is tomfoolery.
I repeat, such a FINE is a... moreBruh...
So for breaking all adds and experience the true app
We have modds and premium apps.
Why don't you download youtube vanced, it has no adds whatsoever.
Download mod apps and there won't be adds.
We all know why Android is famous for. Installing premium apps for free..
So download and use it. Simple😁😁
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From what I'm aware of .. Microsoft charges every laptop producer that wants their devices to run on windows,a fee/price (which is normal and logic).If Google would ask a symbolic price of 2 or 3 $ for each android os powered device .. that would be normal and logic .. and if they'd funneled most of that revenue to R&D for a evolved and improved OS .. that would be absolutely great.
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Carol, 14 Sep 2022Actually apple holds a very monopolist business ideal and b... moreIn fact apple does it, very smart. It makes good devices, but it's not happy only with it.
Then comes the strategy: Spend much on media, they will do rest for you.
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Good, at last. Thanks, EU. Hats off to you.
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Samath N8 808 owner, 14 Sep 2022When did the next step ever happen in history? I'm not... moreFor pretty obvious reasons large corporations starts listening once they're on the final strike. Last big example in tech was then the US Senate were discussing breaking up Microsoft into two or three companies in the late '90s, during the time Apple practically went bankrupt and were saved by Microsoft buying a few useless patents for a hundred million bucks.
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Interesting
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this world is truly sad. A bunch of old people who wouldn't be able to earn a penny in the free market have to extort the most successful people of their own money based on the false premise of customer sEcUriTy which they're going to use to hire more bureaucrats to create even more tyrannical laws to extort even more money.
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Carol, 14 Sep 2022The only thing they could to is to block google services in... morehope next week sooner the better , facebook and all others
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Zuzuz, 14 Sep 2022That's why now they want to introduce 5 commercials in... moreThis and even they want to change how adblocker work with Chrome by discontinued manifest v2 and move to manifest v3. And of course adguard and unlock origin is prepare something for this
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AnonD-762416, 14 Sep 2022A big fine's primary purpose is for a court to make a ... moreWhen did the next step ever happen in history? I'm not aware if it ever happened.
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This fine itself is tomfoolery.
I repeat, such a FINE is a PUBLIC SCAM.
Google never gets banned even for 1 day. All the govts. do is fine them, and we common people will pay for it by watching more & more ads.
See Youtube, it has become trash, there are skippable and unskippable ads before a video, in middle of videos, in the end, text ads in the footnote. Same with FB.
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Anonymous, 14 Sep 2022everyone is looking for easy money but we are the one end u... moreA big fine's primary purpose is for a court to make a final warning. Next step is trade ban or the dreaded antitrust law that splits too greedy corporations into competing entities.
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SShock, 14 Sep 2022Funny, if anything, it should be demanded from Google and a... moreI do not know if all phones can do that, expecially chinese crapp. But on Nokia ist actually very easy to disable all google stuff. WIth ADB one can actually uninstall the apps for the giving User. Am pretty sure though this works on at least 80% of Androids if not 100. ANd is not even hard to do it. Well on devices full of bloatware will take a lot of time, and some, like samsung, if you uninstall apps releated to let's say, crappy bixby, can happen that the phone will say bye bye and user will need to start all over again.
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blue, 14 Sep 2022Apple does not have any monopoly, since it is not the only ... moreActually apple holds a very monopolist business ideal and behaves like it too. So yeah, they are at the edge at this momemnt, any time now...Monopolist does not mean, the only company in existance, it means to do everything you can to destroy competition and to not let others rise. Even to resort to missinformation, missleading and sometimes heavier illegalities. So yeah, apple checks all the boxes here. I am actually amazed that USA does not cry about it. As microsoft was high up there and apple was going bankrupt, the congressmen were quite agitated and ready to fine microsoft. I guess that this occurs only when USA Companies missbehave against USA companies... killing european companies won't make them loose money.
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mugu007, 14 Sep 2022But what about Safari on iOS and Samsung Internet on OneUI ? You can uncheck Samsung Internet browser during setup. I did that way.
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Anonymous, 14 Sep 2022they cannot close it. android simply doesn't belong to... moreThe real monopolistic monster is IOS. Even Microsoft can't claim their OS will only work with hardware they manufacture themselves. That is a more egregious and blatant anti-consumer practice.
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Baldilocks73, 14 Sep 2022Maybe Google should just stop providing access rights to An... moreThe only thing they could to is to block google services in europe (sign me in), android does not belong to google.
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mugu007, 14 Sep 2022But what about Safari on iOS and Samsung Internet on OneUI ? Samsung doesn't force you to have their web browser installed if you don't want or use it. It is an optional download during initial setup. Not the same as Apple or Google at all or even Microsoft for that matter.
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I might have some misgivings with the political leanings of Google but to fine the original developers of Android for what is essentially a phone manufacturer's choice is a completely ridiculous judgement. Do you think Samsung or Xiaomi had been coerced to put Google apps on their phone by Alphabet Inc? Of course not, it is there because people demand and expect it to be included. That is the simple reason. And if Google does put it in their Pixel phones who the hell are these idiots to complain. These geniuses should direct their anger at the other genuine monopolistic closed monstrosity that is the IOS ecosystem. Did these Eurocrat geniuses even thought of that. In Xiaomi's case and including Samsung they don't even include
the Google ecosystem in their Android phones in China. In the end it comes down to consumer choice. Are the idiots in the EU going to burden the majority of citizens who use Google with having to install Google services by themselves?
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mugu007, 14 Sep 2022But what about Safari on iOS and Samsung Internet on OneUI ? their phones, their software. but google wants to install its own services into all other brands' phones either.