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>The investigation will attempt to determine whether Google is using its position to discourage the inclusion of rival applications on Android-based phones. Sh
by manulp 11y ago
>The investigation will attempt to determine whether Google is using its position to discourage the inclusion of rival applications on Android-based phones.
Shouldn't this also apply to iOS?
- antsar 11y agoYes. And that doesn't detract from the validity of the claims against Google.
- manulp 11y agoAbsolutely. I'm just a bit surprised that such charges have never been brought against Apple.
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoThat's more than likely because Apple has never really held market dominance for a substantial period of time.
- cromwellian 11y agoThanks to Android and Google. If Google had never released Android, you might be looking at an even more locked in monopoly, one far worse than the Wintel Duopoly of the 90s.
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoAnd then Apple would be in the same boat Google is in now. Of course, had Google been willing to create an open source OS without using an illegal trust to maintain control of it... well, then everyone would be in the clear.
- tdkl 11y agoNot really. Majority of the Android market are cheap devices, not 700$ ones.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> Shouldn't this also apply to iOS? Perhaps, but the set of entities behind the complaints that triggered the investigations directed at Google are specifically targeting Google. If a similar group targets Apple, then maybe we'll see a similar investigation.
- soxpopuli 11y agoBy entities, you mean the Microsoft funded astroturf organization FairSearch and the hydra connected to it.
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoIt's not really "astroturf"ing when FairSearch prominently displays that it's an organization owned by Microsoft on their about page: http://www.fairsearch.org/about/ http://www.fairsearch.org/about/ (Meanwhile, Google goes out of their way to hide their ownership of the Open Handset Alliance, burying the first mention of their name on like the third page of members.)
- cromwellian 11y agoJake, is that you? (Jake Weisz made an almost identical assertion on G+) Do you not understand the concept of alphabetic ordering? Do you really believe Google is trying to hide their relationship to the OHA? The OHA was announced and formed on Day 1 of the Android release (http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/press_110507.html http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/press_110507.html) No one out there is under any illusion that Google didn't put together and lead this consortium. What else would they do? You make an OS, one that is free of charge and open, and you need hardware and software partners onboard, the only way to do that is to adopt some venue for collaboration.
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoAlso, I would hardly consider the OHA's MADA a "venue for collaboration". A venue for control, sure. Collaboration, no.
- SunShiranui 11y agoIn my opinion, yes, and it would be beneficial for most citizens if the EU intervened.
- tzs 11y agoI don't see any way to even ask the question sensibly about iOS. Google supplies an OS (Android) to non-Google phone makers, and Google supplies applications to non-Google phone makers. The potential antitrust issue is if Google is using its position as an OS supplier to other companies to influence those other companies to also choose Google for applications. Apple supplies neither an OS nor applications to non-Apple phone makers. There is no third party that Apple is using iOS to influence toward choosing Apple applications.