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> “But we’re also concerned with the irregular way this investigation is proceeding, including unusual arrangements with advisers who work with our competitors
by wyldfire 7y ago
> “But we’re also concerned with the irregular way this investigation is proceeding, including unusual arrangements with advisers who work with our competitors and vocal complainants."
Isn't it typical for regulators to work with competitors of the company accused of antitrust violations? Who is better positioned to identify abuses of the market leader? It's regulators' job to assess what about the reports actually is an abuse.
While I think a lot of this hubbub is motivated by political grudges, I can't help thinking that we would all be better off if the current generation of popular computers (phones, tablets etc) somehow allowed third party app stores.
- gundmc 7y agoAndroid does allow third party app stores though.
- wyldfire 7y agoWell, yes, for device manufacturers. But what if users could choose their own? Or what if multiple were permitted?
- duxup 7y agoYou personally can install F-Driod. I'm not sure that third party app stores would really address much at all as far as the nature of Google's competitiveness.
- Middleclass 7y agoIt is incomplete because Google Play Services contains functionality closed to developers, unrelated to the free online services provided by Google. Your point stands, nevertheless.
- gundmc 7y agoUsers can install app stores as well. See fdroid and the Amazon App Store.
- tssva 7y agoUsers can choose their own app stores.
- NikolaeVarius 7y agoAmazon App Store F-Droid APKPure Aptoide QooApp
- jfkebwjsbx 7y agoThe same way Windows allowed third party browsers. Yet it was anticompetitive.
- duxup 7y agoIt is common for them to respond to their requests. I suspect Google thinks it is more than that. Maybe outside the lawsuit they're encountering telling someone asking for something and they say "No you can't have that." and the next day they get a copy and paste of the same request via this other investigation? Granted that's speculation but I suspect there is a fine line between a legit investigation and someone driving the government wheel who is simply a competitor.