Google Facing EU Fines: EU Commission could fine Google up to €9.6 billion in anti-trust ruling

Google Facing EU Fines: EU Commission could fine Google up to €9.6 billion in anti-trust ruling

[mantrik]

All of the allegations against Google are standard practice in the mobile industry. For example, it is a standard practice for Companies to have exclusive tie ups. Apple, the biggest & most profitable corporation thrives on such strategy, but EU finds it illegal if Google pays OEMs to preinstall its search engine. Actually, Google is being attacked for being popular; for being liked by us. EU's bias against Google is unabashedly obvious.

Besides, why should Google be obliged to provide its services to all Android forks? Manufacturers are free to fork and have their own set of services just like Amazon and others in China. Google was right in pointing out that if a company launches a device which is incompatible with the Android OS, it will lose out on technical support from Google like Google play services, its popular apps and possibly on the benefits of Android ecosystem of the Open Handset Alliance. This is in the best interest of the users & developer community.

Dumb head Vestager needs to understand that Android forks will harm the ecosystem including the developers and consumers. EU has cherry picked on Google and turned conventional wisdom on its head with regards to the real issues about Android fragmentation. Someone needs to do a deep search on the roots of the biases of Vestager.

The regulator should be more concerned about the consumers' interest rather than the interests of competitors of Google. After all, fighting a legal battle against a private company with taxpayers money at the behest of disgruntled competitors with the objective of benefitting them and the possibility of harming consumers would be utterly imprudent and perhaps not what they are primarily mandated to do.

[elinope]

I too am an unelected government. I should be able to fine google for violating the rules I made too.

[hpfzqsu]

They have to get the money from somewhere now the UK has left.

[hizbawitmesgina]

Well done EUROPEAN UNION tech GIANTS DEAFTED 👍

[elmerovero]

Google quarterly revenue.. 20+ billion. 5 billion is crumbs

[nighthawk]

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[ericanderson]

Now on EU companies have to pay for Android.

[SquirrelKnight]

For those that are attacking Google in the comments, Do you know you're using a Google owned service? Be grateful that they didn't block access or put it up on a paywall...

[bojidarmartinov]

So this is why I've received a GPDR software update today on my samsung! Hahaha