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Android. I don't think Google should be allowed to dictate clauses like this one from their developer agreement: 4.5 Non-Compete. You may not use the Ma
by kbwt 12y ago
Android.
I don't think Google should be allowed to dictate clauses like this one from their developer agreement:
4.5 Non-Compete.
You may not use the Market to distribute or make available any
Product whose primary purpose is to facilitate the distribution
of software applications and games for use on Android devices
outside of the Market.
See: https://play.google.com/intl/ALL_us/about/developer-distribu.. https://play.google.com/intl/ALL_us/about/developer-distribu....
- Goronmon 12y agoThe EU is treating Android as a separate issue here. This seems to specifically be about Google search (and Chrome?).
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoIt is. The charges filed today are about Search. And then the EU is opening a separate investigation about Android, though the general concept of the problem is the same: Google relies on bundling and self-promotion to create a walled in and monopolized experience.