EU hits Google with second antitrust charge

Re:EU hits Google with second antitrust charge by epalmer on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @01:12PM (#11535942)

In the US here. I just went from being an iphone user of long standing to a android user mostly because I want google apps over at least iphone apps. Especially the map apps. I did install firefox asap on my nexus 6p but I use chrome and firefox both.

I love the bundle. I was happy with the iphone bundle but I did not love it.

My youngest daughter is very happy I came over to the darkside. She has been an Android user for a few year.

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Re:EU hits Google with second antitrust charge by u_me_him on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @01:20PM (#11536017)

You can get all the google apps in the iphone

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Re:EU hits Google with second antitrust charge by thesimon on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @02:02PM (#11536371)

But you can't set Google Maps as the default map application or Chrome as the default browser. In fact, Chrome is basically only a nice wrapper around Safaris engine.

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Re:EU hits Google with second antitrust charge by EvanPlaice on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @02:30PM (#11536624)

Chrome on IOS uses Webkit, it's basically a skin over Apple's outdated browser engine that crashes frequently. This is due to Apple Store restrictions, not technical reasons.

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Re:EU hits Google with second antitrust charge by bad_user on Thursday April 21, 2016 @01:13AM (#11539841)

I've been an Android user, but currently using an iPhone 6s received as gift.

You can get Google's apps, but isn't the same thing. Their apps are a lot more polished on Android. In particular for Gmail the difference has been night and day. On iPhone I don't even bother with Gmail, I just use the default email app.

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Re:EU hits Google with second antitrust charge by euyyn on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @01:30PM (#11536108)

And in fact the new Maps shipped first on iOS.

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