Google on Thursday fired back at the European Commission’s charges that it violated antitrust law by imposing coercive rules on mobile operators and developers who use or write applications for its Android operating system. The EC this spring charged that Google’s requirements to use its search engine and its Chrome browser on mobile devices running Android were coercive tactics. The EC also charged that Google prevented manufacturers from offering smart devices using rival operating systems based on the Android open source code.
Not defending Google per say. But is Google any more of an issue with this than Apple is with IOS?
In fact any other browser in IOS basically has to run with a Safari Webkit core but can have it's own UI. I think any ecosystem is bound to favor its own system out of the box. But I also believe if users want a different browser, or cloud service they have a ability to access this easily. The EC must all have iPhone's because they appear to always ignore any thing Apple does that is the same or worse as they accuse a Google or Microsoft. To me this just seems like a government scam to fleece companies out of money. It never really helps consumers in the least. Besides cherry picking who they accuse and don't accuse.
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Google Insists Android Plays on Level Field in Europe
Posted by: David Jones November 11, 2016 12:31 PMGoogle on Thursday fired back at the European Commission’s charges that it violated antitrust law by imposing coercive rules on mobile operators and developers who use or write applications for its Android operating system. The EC this spring charged that Google’s requirements to use its search engine and its Chrome browser on mobile devices running Android were coercive tactics. The EC also charged that Google prevented manufacturers from offering smart devices using rival operating systems based on the Android open source code.
In fact any other browser in IOS basically has to run with a Safari Webkit core but can have it's own UI. I think any ecosystem is bound to favor its own system out of the box. But I also believe if users want a different browser, or cloud service they have a ability to access this easily. The EC must all have iPhone's because they appear to always ignore any thing Apple does that is the same or worse as they accuse a Google or Microsoft. To me this just seems like a government scam to fleece companies out of money. It never really helps consumers in the least. Besides cherry picking who they accuse and don't accuse.