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Does the CDD disallow using a non-Google search engine? A quick perusal of the latest CDD suggests that isn't the case. My understanding is that you have to us
by trythis 16y ago
Does the CDD disallow using a non-Google search engine? A quick perusal of the latest CDD suggests that isn't the case.
My understanding is that you have to use Google's search engine if you want to slap "with Google" on the back of your phone.
- patrickaljord 16y ago> My understanding is that you have to use Google's search engine if you want to slap "with Google" on the back of your phone. Well, if your phone comes with Bing and it says "with Google", isn't that kind of lying? Also some phones have been locked on Bing so people couldn't even revert to Google.
- trythis 16y agoAfaik, you're supposedly free to ship a phone with Bing as long as it doesn't say "with Google". I assume the BusinessWeek report is saying that Google's trying to block Bing even if the phone doesn't say "with Google", otherwise this wouldn't be newsworthy. But maybe that's not the case, and Verizon's just trying to raise a stink. Unfortunately, Rubin's response doesn't exactly clarify things.
- fpgeek 16y agoI don't know what the CDD says about non-Google search engines, but I will point out that Bing is in the Android Market. Exactly how much more open does Google need to be to competitors' products and services?