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All it takes is a little thought experiment to see why this doesn't make sense: Let's say Google didn't license Android but instead only sold their own Pixel d
by cageface 8y ago
All it takes is a little thought experiment to see why this doesn't make sense:
Let's say Google didn't license Android but instead only sold their own Pixel devices and somehow managed to achieve dominant market share this way. With good marketing and multiple price points this could easily have happened. Google search is the default but users can switch it to something else. This would be fine under the current reading of the law, right? So what this ruling is effectively doing is punishing Google for trying to create an open mobile ecosystem to compete with iOS's closed approach. How is this helpful to consumers?
Feels like a lot of recent EU rulings on technology are well intentioned but actually make things worse for consumers by picking favorites and raising barriers to entry.
- PunchTornado 8y agono, it would not be ok and it owuld still get fined if it was in a dominant position. the only reason Apple doesn't get a fine for iOS is because it doesn't have 80% of the market share. this is the law
- DenisM 8y agoIt wouldn’t be ok. You can’t use one monopolistic product to gain advantage in another market. Microsoft was forced to randomize browser selection in Windows, remember?
- teddyfrozevelt 8y agoMicrosoft was licensing Windows to other companies, in this scenario, Android is only on Google devices.