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Ok, so let's say that you make phones. 1. MS comes and says we'll give you 3Om$ if you use Bing as a search engine. 2. You say "Cool!" 3. Google comes and says
by blub 16y ago
Ok, so let's say that you make phones.
1. MS comes and says we'll give you 3Om$ if you use Bing as a search engine.
2. You say "Cool!"
3. Google comes and says, if you use Bing, you can't use Gmail, the Android Market or Gmaps any more. You also can't call it Android any more.
You call this "slight bit of control", I call it extorsion.
P.S: Why do you keep mentioning that Android is open-source? This is completely irrelevant to the discussion.
- yanw 16y agoThat's not true, the Verizon Android phone that uses Microsoft's search engine has the market and gmail installed, it just doesn't have the sticker. And the fact that it's open source is very relevant here as it implies minimum restrictions.