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What does the EU want here, exactly? For Google to close Android and make all the phones itself, thus eliminating the problem of OEMs being paid by eliminating
by zigzigzag 10y ago
What does the EU want here, exactly? For Google to close Android and make all the phones itself, thus eliminating the problem of OEMs being paid by eliminating OEMs entirely?
This is yet another bizarre ruling by the EU - they're saying that a far more proprietary, less competition friendly approach (Apple) is OK, but you can literally give an entire OS away as open source and it's illegal? I don't think tech firms can win here. Nothing they do will ever appease the EU.
- M2Ys4U 10y agoIt's not about open vs closed. Google has a dominant market position and Apple does not. Abuse of a dominant market position is illegal.
- pitaj 10y agoWhat makes it a dominant market position?
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoThe fact that Google controls 85% of the phones and 95% of search?
- parenthephobia 10y agoThe problem isn't paying OEMs. The problem is what they're paying OEMs to do: shut out Google's competitors from the OEMs' products. Anti-competitive actions are anti-competitive even if you're paying somebody to help you, even if you make a FOSS operating system, and even if Apple engage in their own anti-competitive activities.