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Google places strict rules on the phone, before you are allowed to get the license to ship the Google apps with your phone. Think of things like a locked bootlo
by nomercy400 11y ago
Google places strict rules on the phone, before you are allowed to get the license to ship the Google apps with your phone. Think of things like a locked bootloader at sale, no root at sale, but also other rules.
I can even think of legal issues that might be used by Google to not endorse a phone (violating IP patents in your phone's hardware, shipping it from an embargoed country).
And even then Google might decide your phone isn't worthy of their apps and not give you the license.
It's more that the Google Play store has such a marketshare (monopoly) that it can make or break a competitor's phone, which I think is what the EU is challenging here.
- deelowe 11y agoThen the issue is the play store and not android, right? They need to stop beating around the bush if this is the case.
- Aissen 11y agoIt's clearly stated in the complaints, no bush here: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-1492_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-1492_en.htm
- deelowe 11y agoThanks. I agree that the complaints are much more clearly specified (and most of the comments in this thread are orthogonal to those complaints).
- scholia 11y agoAndroid is a Google trademark, and if Google licenses it to you, you have to follow Google's rules. One of the rules is that you have to use Google's Play store and pre-install its proprietary apps.