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Which is a kind of silly decision on Google's part, because they have far and away the superior product and also the superior brand. Even if the option was give
by throwawayjava 8y ago
Which is a kind of silly decision on Google's part, because they have far and away the superior product and also the superior brand. Even if the option was given at setup, nearly everyone choosing to buy an Andriod phone would select google as the default search engine...
(I guess you could say that didn't see this coming, but the parallels with MSFT and IE are pretty hard to not see...)
The fine is going to hurt a lot more than any remedial action.
- thefounder 8y agoI believe you are wrong. In Russia Yandex has grown a lot after the option was given at setup.
- gandhium 8y agoA lot? It was about ~50% and increased by a couple of percents.
- ocdtrekkie 8y agoMuch of their entire dominance as a company hinges on pushing defaults, and their ability to force manufacturers to ship Google apps, on any phone sold in the EU, is a massive blow. The penalty is chump change for Google, but the remedy is what is going to hurt long term, because competitors can finally get in the game.
- jacksmith21006 8y agoPeople will still just chose to use Google. Look at Windows in the US and Google dominates browsers, search, YouTube, etc. This is just a shakedown of Google. In the end the EU consumer will pay the price. Sure glad I live in the US. Just hope Google treats the EU differently than the US. When switch to Fuchsia just charge for it in the EU and give for free in the US. The consumer will pay more for a phone and still use Google services making Google even more money.